Record Number: 31050
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In a much-thumbed copy of the "Figaro," dated October 25th—a copy which, it was said, had been dropped from an aeroplane, and which we secretly circulated from ward to ward—we read the story of Ypres, vague reports of which we had heard from German soldiers ...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Sep 1914
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Cambrai
specific address: L'Hôpital Auxilaire du Territoire, no. 106
(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:21 Jan 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Major, Gordon Highlanders; Laird; Historian
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le Figaro
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details25 October 1914
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:31050
Source:Ian Vivian Hay
Editor:n/a
Title:Wounded and a Prisoner of War
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:1916
Vol:n/a
Page:148
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Ian Vivian Hay, Wounded and a Prisoner of War, (Edinburgh, 1916), n/a, p. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31050, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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