| Evidence: | 'We are to make roads for the next few days. Out occasionally on work parties. Those officers not on duty all stayed in bed (valises!) and so did the men. We ate, slept, read in our valises. It was so cold outside. We had no fires, absolutely nothing, yet I really believed we enjoyed ourselves. There was practically no shelling.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 1 Dec 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | France | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Mametz, France | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Lindsay Mackay |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 1896 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Army officer, 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29191 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Digitized version of manuscript., |
| Citation: | Digitized version of manuscript., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29191, accessed: 01 June 2023 |
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