Record Number: 31047

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'News from the front there was none. No one knew where the front was. The "Evening Paper," a single sheet, printed in large characters on one side only, confined itself to recording that Liége still held out, and that General French had gone to Paris.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 13 Aug 1914 and 15 Aug 1914

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Boulogne

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:

Ian Vivian Hay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Jan 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Major, Gordon Highlanders; Laird; Historian

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Evening Paper, The

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

31047

Source:

Print

Author:

Ian Vivian Hay

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wounded and a Prisoner of War

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1916

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ian Vivian Hay, Wounded and a Prisoner of War, (Edinburgh, 1916), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31047, accessed: 15 June 2024

---

Additional Comments:

None