Record Number: 29239

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'April 22nd ... Various souvenirs in the Officers Mess. A work on vegetal medicine & a fat and amiable Hun dog that had my bone after lunch ... Got a parcel from home with Asparagus and Turtle Soup & the Daily Mail.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Apr 1917

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

n/a

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:

Martin Wentworth Littlewood

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Medical Officer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Title:

The Daily Mail

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29239

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Martin W. Littlewood

Title:

War Diary of Captain Martin W. Littlewood, 45th Field Ambulance, 15th Division

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

MS8026

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Martin W. Littlewood, War Diary of Captain Martin W. Littlewood, 45th Field Ambulance, 15th Division Wellcome Library, London, p. MS8026, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29239, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

The author had just moved into a new first aid post, which was in a former German artillery headquarters. The work on "vegetal medicine" was presumably among the "souvenirs" taken when the location was captured by the British.