Record Number: 30907

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday afternoon as I was lying reading in my hut the C.O. came in and told me I had to go to Warloy (behind Albert) to relieve the surgeon specialist.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

3 Sep 1916

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Avesnes

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:

Harold Upcott

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1880

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Captain, RAMC

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

India

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:

unknown unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30907

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Harold Upcott

Title:

Typescript diary of Captain Harold Upcott, surgical specialist with 37th Casualty Casualty Clearing Station, Western Front, Nov 1915-Dec 1917, and May 1918, and in Italy, Dec 1917-April 1918

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

RAMC/1101

Page/Folio:

66

Additional Information:

Diary entry for 4 September 1916.

Citation:

Harold Upcott, Typescript diary of Captain Harold Upcott, surgical specialist with 37th Casualty Casualty Clearing Station, Western Front, Nov 1915-Dec 1917, and May 1918, and in Italy, Dec 1917-April 1918, Wellcome Library, London, RAMC/1101, 66, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30907, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None