Letters
TCG Letter #1591
From
?Unknown Army Department
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
12 July 1917
Type
Typed Letter
Transcript
Unknown
A letter from an unknown department to Tolkien at Thirtle Bridge Camp, Withernsea. No details are known currently.Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull note that "this suggests that Tolkien was at the signal depot during mid-July, for perhaps a week, and accords with the note ‘July 1917 Lt., Signal Dépot’ in the Service Record of King Edward’s School, Birmingham during the War 1914–1919 (1920)", Chronologyp[1]
1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull note that "this suggests that Tolkien was at the signal depot during mid-July, for perhaps a week, and accords with the note ‘July 1917 Lt., Signal Dépot’ in the Service Record of King Edward’s School, Birmingham during the War 1914–1919 (1920)", Chronologyp ↩