Record Number: 33675

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Yesterday I was given half the day off. In the afternoon I went to my tent and lay down to read and sleep. In the evening I sat in the Salvation Army room and read, for it was raining, and being on "Fire Picket" this week, I am not allowed to leave the hospital vicinity.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Oct 1917

Country:

France

Time

evening

Place:

city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Rawal Pindi British General Hospital
location in dwelling: Salvation Army room

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Wainwright

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Oct 1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Private, Royal Army Medical Corps

Religion:

Nonconformist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33675

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Lyn Dyson

Title:

Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain]

Date of Publication:

2013

Vol:

n/a

Page:

119

Additional Comments:

letter to parents, 31 October 1917

Citation:

Lyn Dyson (ed.), Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919, ([Great Britain], 2013), p. 119, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33675, accessed: 13 March 2025

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Additional Comments:

None