Record Number: 30089

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The newspapers amuse us here immensely — we read of the Ger[mans] being driven back by our chaps — in reality he is walking away of his own free will, as slowly and as fast as he likes to.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Mar 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Baupame

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:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

March 1917

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30089

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:

101

Additional Comments:

Letter from Henry Williamson to Mrs Williamson, 21 March 1917.

Citation:

Anne Williamson, Henry Williamson and the First World War, (Stroud, 1998), p. 101, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30089, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None