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Record Number: 31050

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In a much-thumbed copy of the "Figaro," dated October 25th�a copy which, it was said, had been dropped from an aeroplane, and which we secretly circulated from ward to ward�we read the story of Ypres, vague reports of which we had heard from German soldiers ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Sep 1914

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambrai
specific address: L'H�pital Auxilaire du Territoire, no. 106

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:

Ian Vivian Hay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Jan 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

Major, Gordon Highlanders; Laird; Historian

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

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:

Title:

Le Figaro

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

25 October 1914

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31050

Source:

Print

Author:

Ian Vivian Hay

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Wounded and a Prisoner of War

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1916

Vol:

n/a

Page:

148

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ian Vivian Hay, Wounded and a Prisoner of War, (Edinburgh, 1916), n/a, p. 148, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31050, accessed: 04 February 2026

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Additional Comments:

None