Record Number: 33668
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Well, I have got another change. Am on night duty again, but among the officers. Have been doing it just a week ... It is 5.45 now and I will soon take a cup of tea to each patient. Then take water round for them to wash. At seven I finish. In the night I get an easy chair out of the sitting room and a book, and sit here in the small kitchen till a bell rings for me. Two Australian officers came in a night or two ago. One is a chaplain and now dangerously ill with bronchitis. I have to wear a clean white coat and look as clean as possible ... This job is all very well for a change, but I don't think I shall be satisfied with it for too long.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 16 Apr 1916 and 23 Apr 1916
Country:France
Timen/anight
Place:city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Number 5 Convalescent Camp
location in dwelling: Kitchen
(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:2 Oct 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, Royal Army Medical Corps
Religion:Nonconformist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:33668
Source:n/a
Editor:Lyn Dyson
Title:Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919
Place of Publication:[Great Britain]
Date of Publication:2013
Vol:n/a
Page:75
Additional Comments:
letter to Gladys Wainwright, 23 April 1916
Citation:
Lyn Dyson (ed.), Uncle Tom's Letters: The Letters of Private Thomas Wainwright, 1914-1919, ([Great Britain], 2013), p. 75, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33668, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
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