"More War Poems" by the Rev. R.G.Bell of Aintree, Liverpool

[davidbohl]

What are the chances of finding this on the internet or in a library ?

I haven't got my hopes up....

thanks

Dave

 

[IPT]

It's a long shot! 

 

One of his poems is quoted in "History of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1914-1919";

 

"Dull broke the famous morn of Neuve Chapelle

Mist wrapped Givenchy like a dead man’s shroud

Fierce shooting flames as from some hidden hell

Gleamed where the cannon’s voice spoke hoarse and loud

Now Liverpool! Get ready for the fray

Hark! ‘Come on boys’ the young it calls

Now strike for England, let none fear to-day

Cheers for the brave, and fame for him who dies"

 

 

[davidbohl]

That's a pretty good start, thanks.

I guess that one is the "Liverpool Pals" poem mentioned in the clip.

I'll have to wait until Central Library fully re-opens to search about, can't see it in the online catalogue.

He was born 1864, Liverpool and died 1920.

Edited 22 July , 2020 by davidbohl
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[Guest]

Could you give us his full name-helps when searching library systems. And the date of the newspaper clipping.

   There is a 1915 book of the same title, which is represented in a number of UK libraries but the author is given as Jessie Pope

 

More War Poems.

Author

• Pope, Jessie.

Published

London : Grant Richards, 1915.

Edited 21 July , 2020 by Guest

[davidbohl]

Could you give us his full name-helps

Hello nice to see you on the airways

He is:-

Rev. Richard Graham Bell M.A. (vicar or Emmanuel, Fazakerley) Emmanuel Vicarage 23 Heswall Rd, Walton

 

The date of the clip was 20th Dec 1916

 

Dave

 

[seaJane]

Can't find it on any of these - sorry!

LibraryHub Discover formerly COPAC

Worldcat

Karlsruhe Universal virtual catalogue

Library of Congress

British Library

Bookfinder.com

[Guest]

5 hours ago, seaJane said:

Can't find it on any of these - sorry!

LibraryHub Discover formerly COPAC

Worldcat

Karlsruhe Universal virtual catalogue

Library of Congress

British Library

Bookfinder.com

 

      Same here- and not traced on Liverpool Libraries conline catalogue, nor,indeed,any publication by Rev. Bell.  That thereis some Livepudlian war poetry out there is shown by a man called Georgeson of 9 KLR publisihing poetry and coming up on Google.

   Keith Roberts may be able to help with Bell- whether or not he served as a Chaplain to the Forces (The newspaper clipping suggests not) - A long shot, as these things are hit and miss, is whether his church in Liverpool had its own magazine- From the clipping I am not too sure whether this was a separate publication with its title as give. Also, a publication entitled "More War Poems" implies there is one out there entitled "War Poems"-again, no luck tracking that on the above systems. (Goodness,what a torrent of very bad non-war poetry continued to churn out during the wartime years)

   University of Liverpool is not a contributor to COPAC, so it's Archives may be worth checking. Likelwise, local archives for the City. (used to be very good and helpful but,alas, that was 40 years ago!!)

[seaJane]

Nothing visible on TNA or the Clergy Database either ...

[davidbohl]

Emmanuel Church is still in existence, I'll email the Reverend Mike Hindley there and see if he can have a look around.

https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/15204/

[Guest]

 Church archives are likely to be in the City/County record office, -most C of E churches have done per diocesan instructions

 

[davidbohl]

Rev. Hindle has replied to me with no luck but he did suggest trying to contact Rev. Bell's family if it exists on Ancestry.

 

"Thank you for your email about a book of poems written by the Revd Richard Graham Bell, who was indeed the second vicar here at Emmanuel Fazakerley - and also a chaplain of the hospital during The Great War.  We don't have a copy of his book here - though I'd be very interested to know if you track it down!  My suggestion would be to contact Liverpool Records Office based in Central Library, who are excellent at detecting and locating items if they have them.

Not sure whether it's worth trying to track down Revd Bell's family?"

 

[tootrock]

He gets a mention in "The Chemist and Druggist" of 5 October 1901, having officiated at a wedding:

Thomas— Tyrer— On October 2, at Emmanuel Church, 
Forest Gate, by the Rev. Canon Tyrer, of Liverpool, uncle 
of the bride, and Rev. Richard Graham Bell, M.A., Vicar of 
St. Paul's, Birkdale, Liverpool, Frank Charles Thomas, 
electrical engineer, fifth son of William Thomas, late of the 
Inland Revenue Excise Branch, Sisters Avenue, Clapham 
Common, to Alice Mary, daughter of Thomas Tyrer, F.I.C., 
F.C.S., Norwich R>ad, Forest Gate, and Stirling Chemical 
Works, Stratford. 

This is the only hit for "Rev. Richard Graham Bell" on Google.

He was born in 1864 and died in 1920.

Martin