Record Number: 32224
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I haven't meet [sic] any Aber Boys out here yet only A Potts of North Parade, & we were stationed in the same place for about 3 weeks & not knowing about him until I received the Cambrian News from home & I was in the trenches at the time ready to attack in the great charge at [indecipherable], when the paper was delivered to me and after I had time in the course of 3 days after I had a peep at the paper & found the other Aber boy was in the neighbourhood so went in search of him ...'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 10 Dec 1915
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:n/a
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:Sapper, No. 2 section, Royal Engineers, British Army
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Wales
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Cambrian News
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32224
Source:Manuscript
Author:n/a
Title:Aberystwyth Comforts Fund papers
Location:National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Call No:GB 0210 ABCOMF, 1/3
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Letter from Sapper Lewis Jones to Sgt. Maj. Fear, 10 December 1915
Citation:
Aberystwyth Comforts Fund papers, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, GB 0210 ABCOMF, 1/3, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32224, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None