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Autograph letter from Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, to Henry Chappell 1918

Autograph letter from Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, to Henry Chappell 1918

Image Reference: 39118
Artist/Photographer: Bellows, W.
Image Date: 1918
Measurements: 22.6 x 18.1 cm
Medium: manuscript
Collection: Manuscripts
Library Reference: AL 3170
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: From W. Bellows from Britain's War Propaganda Bureau, notifying the author that his poem and others have confidentially been translated into French for propaganda purposes. Henry Chappell (1874-1937) became famous over night with his poem 'The Day' published in the Daily Express on 22nd August 1914. It was translated into many languages. He became known as the 'Bath Railway Poet' as he was a porter on Bath Spa Station. He also wrote a book about the railway called 'Life on the Iron Road'. Unofficially it was suggested he should become the new Poet Laureate. He was friends with Rudyard Kipling and knew other famous poets of the time.
Dated 23rd May 1918.

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