Record Number: 33509
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Did you read Beach-Thomas' account of bombing raids on a Field Ambulance in Daily Mail of 23rd. The Boche is a rotter! I'm afraid I have been rather too optimistic about the war in my letters. We have still a bitter struggle before us & I'm very much afraid another winter.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:24 Aug 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:county: Nord
Type of Experience(Reader):
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(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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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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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Daily Mail
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details23 August 1917
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33509
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:90
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. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33509, accessed: 29 September 2024
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