Edward S. Humphries: Purpose and Audience
Written from his retirement in the years following 1974, Edward S. Humphries’ memoir explains in great detail a wonderful working class childhood. He writes …
Edward S. Humphries (b.1889) : Introduction
Edward Stewart-Humphries was born in Totnes, Devon in 1889. I was fascinated by the brief description of his endeavours in John Burnett’s ‘Useful …
Edward S. Humphries: Life and Labour
Edward S. Humphries was a man who did not shy away from work. At the age of eleven his father insisted that …
Edward S. Humphries: War and Memory Part Two
Humphries’ time in World War One was spent fighting Turkish soldiers in Mesopotamia (now known as Iraq). He took many photographs of the …
Edward S. Humphries: Reading & Writing
In his memoir Edward S. Humphries does not focus on reading and writing very much at all. However this has not dissuaded …
Edward S. Humphries: War and Memory Part One
This post concerns Humphries military career pre World War One. Before the First World War he had been a soldier for eight …
Edward S. Humphries: Habits, Culture and Beliefs
Edward S. Humphries lead a wonderful and exciting life crossing three continents with the British Army. This dutiful and fulfilling lifestyle all …
Edward S. Humphries b.1889: Biographical Entry.
361 HUMPHRIES Edward S., ‘Childhood. An Autobiography of a Boy from 1889-1906’, TS, pp.63 (c.35,000 words). Extract in J. Burnett (ed.), Useful …
Edward S. Humphries b.1889: Researching Writing Lives
I had originally chosen the Writing Lives module based purely on the fact that I had so much fun on the Prison …
Edward S. Humphries: Home and Family
In the memoir of Edward S. Humphries family and home play a tremendous part. Nine out of eighteen chapters in his early memoir …