Record Number: 31968

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'My astonishment was great when, after the National Anthem, the Colonel, who was standing beside me, turned to me and said, "I hear you have the Military Cross. Is it true?" I hadn't the faintest idea, but newspapers were being sold in the town that day, and there it was in the King's Birthday List in the "Daily Telegraph."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

6 Jun 1916

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Les Brébis

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:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1890

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders; bank employee

Religion:

n/a

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:

Daily Telegraph

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31968

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henry Williamson

Title:

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

157

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 157, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31968, accessed: 20 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None