Record Number: 32878
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have … changed billet, and the chaps here are very nice indeed. Good men, which is a great point. But in this new democracy almost everyone is jolly, or tries to be. Kipling’s little 6d book on the new Armies [The New Army in Training] is very good. Hast seen it?’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 11 Feb 1915 and 28 Feb 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Northampton
county: Northamptonshire
other location: unspecified billet
(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The New Army in Training
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Macmillan 1915
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32878
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton,
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:13
Additional Comments:
Letter to F. W. Harvey,February 1915 from billets in Northampton
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton, (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 13, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32878, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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