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Record Number: 30087


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I wish you would send me the Daily Mail every other day, & also magazines (Pearsons etc) would be immensely appreciated. I see by a paper of the 18th that Whitby and Scarborough have been bombarded. The photographs in it are very similar to sights very common here.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 18 Dec 1914 and 21 Dec 1914

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Ploegsteert Wood

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Henry William Williamson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Dec 1895

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Private, London Rifle Brigade

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

18 December 1914

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

30087

Source:

Print

Author:

Anne Williamson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Henry Williamson and the First World War

Place of Publication:

Stroud

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

46

Additional Comments:

Letter from Henry Williamson to Mrs Williamson, 21 December 1914.

Citation:

Anne Williamson, Henry Williamson and the First World War (Stroud, 1998), p. 46, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=30087, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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