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Record 31380

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Raid on Valenciennes. Very little to do each day but reading. Have given my name in for a correspondence course.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 24 Aug 1918
Country: France
Time: n/a
Place: city: Crecy
specific address: Ligescourt Aerodrome
   
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

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Leslie Semple
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11 Jun 1899
Socio-economic group: Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation: Lieutenant, 207 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Religion: Church of England
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: France
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: unknown unknown
Title: unknown
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 31380  
Source - Print  
  Author: Clive Semple
  Editor: A. J. Mawby
  Title: Diary of a Night Bomber Pilot in World War I
  Place of Publication: Stroud
  Date of Publication: 2008
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 223
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Clive Semple, A. J. Mawby (ed.), Diary of a Night Bomber Pilot in World War I (Stroud, 2008), p. 223, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=31380, accessed: 19 June 2013

Additional comments:

 

 

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