Record Number: 32071

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'dont forget daily paper every day if you can for I look forward to my paper. we are having it hot out here just. I expect it warm at home now. we expect leave this mounth but we dont know for certain. [spelling and punctuation errors in the original]'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 25 May 1915 and 7 Jun 1915

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ypres

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:

John William Gower

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Oct 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Corporal, 1st Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

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:

[?Brighton daily newspaper]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32071

Source:

Print

Author:

John William Gower

Editor:

Graham C. Gower

Title:

The Diary and Letters of Corporal (Acting Sergeant) John William Gower

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1994

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n.p.

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John William Gower, Graham C. Gower (ed.), The Diary and Letters of Corporal (Acting Sergeant) John William Gower, (London, 1994), p. n.p., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32071, accessed: 03 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None