Army congregation in Sidbury - 25 July, 1915

from Two Men: A Memoir, page 72:

We have just come back from what is almost certainly the last Church Parade in England of the 11th Brigade. There was a Celebration this morning, in the big C. E. tent for the first time, at which I dare say sixty attended. The week before in the little tent there were six. The 10.00 service was not quite the best, as we hadn't the brass band of the 10th but only their fifes; and these, besides, sounding a little shrill and unstately, played far too slowly. However, there we stood, singing the same chants, making what we could of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers' and 'Fight the good Fight' and …   more >>

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Hugh Howson, Two Men: A Memoir (), p. 72. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435248397073 accessed: 19 March, 2024

location of experience: Sidbury

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Date/Time 25 July, 1915
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 25 Jun 2015 17:06:37 +0100
Approved on Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:24:17 +0000