Record Number: 33015
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘We left the Corrugated Iron & Red Ten Billet [at Bohain] in a hurry early yesterday morning … We have here the Times of Thursday [17 October 1918], and the strange news [the dissolution of the Dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy] makes us feel that the Rumble on the horizon may cease any hour.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 18 Oct 1918 and 19 Oct 1918
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Busigny
county: Nord
(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:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:2/Lt., 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
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:The Times
Genre:Politics, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details17 October 1918
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33015
Source:Wilfred Owen
Editor:Harold Owen
Title:Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1967
Vol:n/a
Page:586 7
Additional Comments:
Letter to unidentified recipient 19 October 1918, Busigny, France
Citation:
Wilfred Owen, Harold Owen (ed.), Wilfred Owen: Collected Letters, (London, 1967), p. 586 7, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33015, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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