Record Number: 33668

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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

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Wimereux
county: Pas-de-Calais
specific address: Number 5 Convalescent Camp
location in dwelling: Kitchen

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:

Thomas Wainwright

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33668

Source:

Print

Author:

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: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None