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Record Number: 32070


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Saw a Daily Mirror today which contained a photograph of Georgette, the "Belle of Bray", surrounded by some of our sergeants.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

27 Oct 1915

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: La Neuville-lès-Bray

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:

Frank Hawkings

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Rifleman, 9th County of London Battalion, London Regiment

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Daily Mirror

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

32070

Source:

Print

Author:

Frank Hawkings

Editor:

Arthur Taylor

Title:

From Ypres to Cambrai: The Diary of an Infantryman 1914-1919

Place of Publication:

Morley, Yorks.

Date of Publication:

1973

Vol:

n/a

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frank Hawkings, Arthur Taylor (ed.), From Ypres to Cambrai: The Diary of an Infantryman 1914-1919, (Morley, Yorks., 1973), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32070, accessed: 03 June 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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