Record Number: 33534
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Our section is sleeping in a cowshed with straw to lie on. It is not so bad, but you have to sleep with all your clothes on. I suppose you read every day the letters from the 4th & 6th that are published in the Bristol papers. I have read scores of them in the W.D. Press & Mirror. You no doubt know that both the batts. have sustained several casualties.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 20 Apr 1915 and 3 May 1915
Country:Belgium
Timen/a
Place:city: Le Gheer
county: Flanders
other location: trenches
(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:1896
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, 6th Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Western Daily Press
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33534
Source:John Harker
Editor:Rosemary Rainbird
Title:Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family
Place of Publication:Eastboure
Date of Publication:2009
Vol:n/a
Page:25
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Harker, Rosemary Rainbird (ed.), Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family, (Eastboure, 2009), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33534, accessed: 26 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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