Record Number: 31968
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'My astonishment was great when, after the National Anthem, the Colonel, who was standing beside me, turned to me and said, "I hear you have the Military Cross. Is it true?" I hadn't the faintest idea, but newspapers were being sold in the town that day, and there it was in the King's Birthday List in the "Daily Telegraph."'
Century:1900-1945
Date:6 Jun 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Les Brébis
Type of Experience(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:11 May 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; bank employee
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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:Daily Telegraph
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
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Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31968
Source:n/a
Editor:Henry Williamson
Title:A Soldier's Diary of the Great War
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1929
Vol:n/a
Page:157
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 157, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31968, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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