Record Number: 33543
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The news of Lord Kitchener's death reached us while we were at Hinges. Someone walked into our billet and said they had just heard Kitchener was dead. "Another rumour", I remarked rather scornfully and asked who had told him ... Most of us were rather sceptical and hesitated to believe the report, but it happened that I crossed the bridge that evening and sitting over a café in the estaminet when I saw a copy of Le Matin, in which journal the news was authoritatively announced.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Jun 1916 and 7 Jun 1916
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Hinges
county: Nord-Pas-Des-Calais
specific address
other location: Estaminet
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 Oct 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Lance-Corporal, 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le Matin
Genre:Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:33543
Source:Geoffrey Husbands
Editor:J. M. Bourne
Title:Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War
Place of Publication:Nottingham
Date of Publication:2011
Vol:n/a
Page:260
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Geoffrey Husbands, J. M. Bourne (ed.), Joffrey's War: A Sherwood Forester in the Great War, (Nottingham, 2011), p. 260, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33543, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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