Record Number: 30209
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Glorious day, warm sun. It is funny to sit here quietly chatting and reading with a peaceful view behind over field and wood, when if you move two feet you are as good as dead. A pied wagtail keeps running about in front, heedless of the cracking bullets.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:16 Feb 1915
Country:Belgium
Timedaytime
Place:city: Ploegsteert
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:11 May 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
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Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30209
Source:Douglas Herbert Bell
Editor:Henry Williamson
Title:A Soldier's Diary of the Great War
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1929
Vol:n/a
Page:97
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 97, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30209, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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