Record Number: 33507
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Please don't think I am pessimistic I'm only fed up with the blooming rain. We are absolutely bound to win this year if the weather holds good ... Thanks very much for the Testament. It's fine. I'm going to read some of it tonight.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:9 Aug 1917
Country:France
Timen/anight
Place:county: Nord
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:18 Dec 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Second Lieutenant, Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own The Yorkshire Regiment
Religion:Church of England
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:New Testament
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33507
Source:John Lawton
Editor:Raymond Lawton
Title:'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19
Place of Publication:Stoke-on-Trent
Date of Publication:2003
Vol:n/a
Page:88
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Lawton, Raymond Lawton (ed.), 'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19, (Stoke-on-Trent, 2003), p. 88, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33507, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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