Record Number: 31901

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Talking of the necessity for the censoring of letters ... I find quite a number of the men writing absolute lies about the danger they go through; and their extraordinary courage and all that sort of thing; the more illiterate the writer, the greater the lie is the rule, and not one letter in ten, printed in the papers, received from men in the ranks, gives anything like and accurate description of any action which they attempt to describe.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 16 Dec 1914 and 26 Dec 1914

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Loker

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:

Gerald Achilles Burgoyne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Feb 1874

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Major, 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

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:

[letters of men in the Royal Irish Rifles]

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Letter

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31901

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Claudia Davison

Title:

The Burgoyne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

31-32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claudia Davison (ed.), The Burgoyne Diaries, (London, 1985), p. 31-32, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31901, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None