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Record Number: 30904

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'... we got no news at G�ttingen except from scraps of English papers which came in parcels, the G�ttingen paper was one of the worst in Germany, and we did not take it in, the time we spent in this lager was extremely monotonous, and depressing.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1915

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: G�ttingen
specific address: G�ttingen Lager

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

J. P. Lynch

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Captain, 4th Field Ambulance, RAMC

Religion:

Roman Catholic

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Germany

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

[scraps of English newspapers]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: NewspaperManuscript: Letter, Postcards

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30904

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

J. P. Lynch

Title:

Captain J. P. Lynch's accounts of his experiences in the First World War

Location:

Wellcome Library, London

Call No:

RAMC/453/2

Page/Folio:

93

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

J. P. Lynch, Captain J. P. Lynch's accounts of his experiences in the First World War , Wellcome Library, London, RAMC/453/2, 93, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30904, accessed: 24 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

None