Uncovered: lost British accents from prison camps of first world war | World news | theguardian.com
Ref ORAC's Post 15, the above link has some examples of the WW1 recordings. I'm not sure about the other recordings, but in the one of the Aberdeen guy reading the Parable of the Talents the accent is easily recognisable as one spoken in country areas of Aberdeenshire today. Any readers got memories of the culture shock of the first meeting with locals at RAF Buchan?
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