| Evidence: | 'Steady downpour all day long. Weather is worse than we get in England. No wonder Uncle Toby in [italics] Tristram Shandy [end italics] said "our armies swore terribly in Flanders". They had the same sort of weather and probably less comfort.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 3 Sep 1884 and 2 Nov 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Albert John Martin |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 3 Sep 1884 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | Sapper, Royal Engineers; Admiralty clerk |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | Laurence Sterne |
| Title: | The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 30342 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jack Martin | |
| Editor: | Richard Van Emden | |
| Title: | Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2009 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 26 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jack Martin, Richard Van Emden (ed.), Sapper Martin: The Secret Great War Diary of Jack Martin (London, 2009), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30342, accessed: 20 March 2023 | |
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