Record Number: 33534

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Our section is sleeping in a cowshed with straw to lie on. It is not so bad, but you have to sleep with all your clothes on. I suppose you read every day the letters from the 4th & 6th that are published in the Bristol papers. I have read scores of them in the W.D. Press & Mirror. You no doubt know that both the batts. have sustained several casualties.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 20 Apr 1915 and 3 May 1915

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Le Gheer
county: Flanders
other location: trenches

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 Michael Howard Harker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1896

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Private, 6th Gloucestershire Regiment

Religion:

Unknown

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:

Western Daily Press

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33534

Source:

Print

Author:

John Harker

Editor:

Rosemary Rainbird

Title:

Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family

Place of Publication:

Eastboure

Date of Publication:

2009

Vol:

n/a

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Harker, Rosemary Rainbird (ed.), Letters Home 1914-1919: Written by John Harker to His Family, (Eastboure, 2009), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33534, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None