Record Number: 31791
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We had a beautiful service and a celebration afterwards. Just as I was packing up we heard a crackling overhead and, on looking up, saw a plane come tearing down on fire ... It was a terrible sight ... I got home late in the evening. The paper had in it the formal declaration of war between the U.S.A. and Germany.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:8 Apr 1917
Country:France
Timen/anight
Place:city: Buny
Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1885
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Chaplain, Thirty-Second Divisional Artilliery, British Army
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:?Sunday Times
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details8 April 1917
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Source Information:
Record ID:31791
Source:n/a
Editor:A. B. Scott
Title:Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1932
Vol:n/a
Page:196
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Citation:
A. B. Scott (ed.), Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories, (London, 1932), p. 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31791, accessed: 28 September 2024
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