British soldiers et al. in Al-Shaykh Saad - 6 May, 1917
from Diary of Ronald Storrs, 27 April 1917, page 227:
Half an hour’s walk before dinner towards Sodom [the Iraqi town of Sheikh Saad], where I heard, from a large Camp ( with a good air and bass but no middle parts), “O God our help in ages past", noble on the evening.
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Ronald Storrs, Diary of Ronald Storrs, 27 April 1917. In Orientations (London, 1939), p. 227. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1392134703765 accessed: 19 April, 2024
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Ronald Storrs
Civil Servant British Foreign and Colonial Office, amateur pianist, Military Governor of Jerusalem diplomat, amateur pianist
Civil Servant British Foreign and Colonial Office, amateur pianist, Military Governor of Jerusalem diplomat, amateur pianist
1881-1855
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English hymn
written by Isaac Watts |
performed by soldiers |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 6 May, 1917 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | outdoors, in public, solitary |
Originally submitted by Helen Chambers on Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:32:22 +0000