Record Number: 31050

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a much-thumbed copy of the "Figaro," dated October 25th—a copy which, it was said, had been dropped from an aeroplane, and which we secretly circulated from ward to ward—we read the story of Ypres, vague reports of which we had heard from German soldiers ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Sep 1914

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambrai
specific address: L'Hôpital Auxilaire du Territoire, no. 106

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:

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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Le Figaro

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

25 October 1914

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31050

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:

148

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ian Vivian Hay, Wounded and a Prisoner of War, (Edinburgh, 1916), n/a, p. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31050, accessed: 07 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None