Evidence: | 'I was no better reconciled to staying at home when I read in "The Times" a few weeks after my return that the persistent German raiders had at last succeeded in their intention of smashing up the Etaples hospitals, which, with the aid of the prisoner-patients, had so satisfactorily protected the railway line for three years without further trouble or expense to the military authorities.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Apr 1918 and 31 May 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | The Times |
Genre: | Ephemera, newspaper report |
Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21889 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Youth | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 432 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 432, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21889, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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