Record Number: 32220

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The night before the coming of the first parcel, I was reading the same news in the Aber papers: how that first this one and then that one had received parcels of cigarettes.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 17 Oct 1915

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

E. C. Benson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

Soldier, British Army

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Wales

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:

Cambrian News

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32220

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

Aberystwyth Comforts Fund papers

Location:

National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Call No:

GB 0210 ABCOMF, 1/1

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Letter from E. C. Benson to Sgt. Maj. Fear, 17 October 1915

Citation:

Aberystwyth Comforts Fund papers, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, GB 0210 ABCOMF, 1/1, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32220, accessed: 20 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None