| Evidence: | 'I was reading in the headquarters shelter when the great man [the Brigadier-General] suddenly drew aside the sacking of the entrance, and gleamed stupendously in our candlelight, followed by an almost equally menacing Staff Captain.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between May 1916 and Jun 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening night |
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| Place: | city: Festubert, near Béthune county: Nord other location: Battalion HQ dugout in Cover Trench |
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| Reader: | Edmund Blunden |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Nov 1896 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Army Officer and Poet |
| Religion: | Christian (Anglican) |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | unknown unknown |
| Title: | unknown |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29857 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Edmund Blunden | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Undertones of War | |
| Place of Publication: | Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.) | |
| Date of Publication: | 1982 (1928, 1937) | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 30 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 30, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29857, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Internal evidence shows this experience occurred after dark. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)