Record Number: 30088

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Please send me April magazines. Have seen the March ones. The mud is awful — 3 mules drowned in shell craters last night, it is terrible.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 28 Feb 1917 and 13 Mar 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Beaumont Hamel

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry William Williamson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Dec 1895

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Lieutenant, 208th Machine Gun Company, BEF

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a] [n/a]

Title:

[March magazines]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

March 1917

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30088

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Williamson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Henry Williamson and the First World War

Place of Publication:

Stroud

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

94-95

Additional Comments:

Letter from Henry Williamson to Mrs Williamson, 13 March 1917.

Citation:

Anne Williamson, Henry Williamson and the First World War, (Stroud, 1998), p. 94-95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30088, accessed: 21 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None