Record Number: 31900

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We got up and 9 am surrounded by the females of the farm who were in the kitchen. I in my pyjamas. However, I hid behind the table when I dressed. I just read a ridiculous account of the attack here last Monday 14th, in the Daily Mail. How the Royal Scots and Gordons took four lines of trenches, that our cavalry were used on the flank, and that the Germans were surrounded by "a ring of khaki". Unfortunately it was most the other way on: there are no cavalry within miles, nor could they have been used in this enclosed wire country sodden with water; and we took one trench with awful loss.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

21 Dec 1914

Country:

Belgium

Time

morning

Place:

city: Loker

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:

Gerald Achilles Burgoyne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

2 Feb 1874

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Major, 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Daily Mail

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31900

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Claudia Davison

Title:

The Burgoyne Diaries

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Claudia Davison (ed.), The Burgoyne Diaries, (London, 1985), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31900, accessed: 03 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None