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Record Number: 30204


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A mail arrived after dusk. Someone sent me the Bishop's address at the Guildhall, and I read it out to those around, at their request.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

19 Dec 1914

Country:

Belgium

Time

evening

Place:

city: Ploegsteert

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:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1890

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee

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:

[Address by the Bishop of London at Guildhall, 1914]

Genre:

Sermon, Other religious, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1914

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

30204

Source:

Print

Author:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Editor:

Henry Williamson

Title:

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

74

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30204, accessed: 01 June 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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