Record Number: 31436

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was very soon interrupted by a sergeant of the Royal Fusiliers, who brought me a message ... from their C.O. to ours. He stumbled over the pillow (the baggage end of my valise and very hard) and woke up the C.O. who did not seem to take much notice. Soon however he saw me light the men's lantern to read the message, and was all alive again as he always is when there is anything doing.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Aug 1914

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/anight

Place:

specific address: 4th Battalion H.Q., "Point 62" (a disused quarry)

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:

Thomas Stafford Wollocombe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[Hand-written communique]

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31436

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

R. H. Wollocombe

Title:

A Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

Bath

Date of Publication:

1989

Vol:

n/a

Page:

24

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

R. H. Wollocombe (ed.), A Diary of the Great War, (Bath, 1989), p. 24, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31436, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None