Edward Brittain in Italy - 22 December, 1917

from Letter from Edward Brittain to Vera Brittain, 22 Dec. 1917, page 387:

We are only half in the mountains here; we face them and the Austrian sits on them.... We have had a little snow here lately but it hasn't stayed.... The servants are singing 'Hark the herald angels' and 'Good King Wencelas' somewhat out of tune and raucously in the kitchen
cite as

Letter from Edward Brittain to Vera Brittain, 22 Dec. 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. 387. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1400742821791 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Italy

Listeners

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

Listening to

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Good King Wenceslas
Hark the herald angels sing

Experience Information

Date/Time 22 December, 1917
Medium live

Notes

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


Originally submitted by hgb3 on Thu, 22 May 2014 08:13:41 +0100