Edward Brittain in France - 24 October, 1917

from Letter from Edward Brittain to Vera Brittain, 24 Oct. 1917, page 380:

We have at last a gramophone and a very fine song by a man named Sherrington - Sweet early violets'.
cite as

Letter from Edward Brittain to Vera Brittain, 24 Oct. 1917. In A. G. Bishop and Mark Bostridge (ed.), Letters from a lost generation : First World War letters of Vera Brittain and four friends - Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey Thurlow (:London, 1999), p. 380. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1400693267895 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: France

Listeners

Edward Brittain
captain, Officer (armed forces)
1895-1918

Listening to

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Sweet early violets
written by Louis F. Sherrington

Experience Information

Date/Time 24 October, 1917
Medium playback
Listening Environment in private

Notes

Edward was serving on the Western Front with the 11th Sherwood Foresters.


Originally submitted by hgb3 on Wed, 21 May 2014 18:27:47 +0100