Record Number: 33509

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Did you read Beach-Thomas' account of bombing raids on a Field Ambulance in Daily Mail of 23rd. The Boche is a rotter! I'm afraid I have been rather too optimistic about the war in my letters. We have still a bitter struggle before us & I'm very much afraid another winter.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

24 Aug 1917

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Nord

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 Lawton

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Dec 1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Second Lieutenant, Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own The Yorkshire Regiment

Religion:

Church of England

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 Mail

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

23 August 1917

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33509

Source:

Print

Author:

John Lawton

Editor:

Raymond Lawton

Title:

'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19

Place of Publication:

Stoke-on-Trent

Date of Publication:

2003

Vol:

n/a

Page:

90

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Lawton, Raymond Lawton (ed.), 'In the Pink': The Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton, 1915-19, (Stoke-on-Trent, 2003), p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33509, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None