Record Number: 31791

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We had a beautiful service and a celebration afterwards. Just as I was packing up we heard a crackling overhead and, on looking up, saw a plane come tearing down on fire ... It was a terrible sight ... I got home late in the evening. The paper had in it the formal declaration of war between the U.S.A. and Germany.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 Apr 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Buny

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:

Rowan Ernest Grice-Hutchinson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1885

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Chaplain, Thirty-Second Divisional Artilliery, British Army

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

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:

?Sunday Times

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

8 April 1917

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31791

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

A. B. Scott

Title:

Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1932

Vol:

n/a

Page:

196

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

A. B. Scott (ed.), Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories, (London, 1932), p. 196, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31791, accessed: 03 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None