Record Number: 30209

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Glorious day, warm sun. It is funny to sit here quietly chatting and reading with a peaceful view behind over field and wood, when if you move two feet you are as good as dead. A pied wagtail keeps running about in front, heedless of the cracking bullets.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Feb 1915

Country:

Belgium

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Ploegsteert

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:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1890

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30209

Source:

Print

Author:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Editor:

Henry Williamson

Title:

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War (London, 1929), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=30209, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None