In Eastbourse, 12 November,
A Lance Coroporal Homersham,
In the role of military cyclist -
Was travelling through the town,
On a Motor cycle.
A number of Police officers,
Having attended a colleague’s
Funeral, saw the Lance Corporal.
They stated he was traveling
At forty of fifty miles an hour -
As opposed to Homersham,
Who said he moving going
Between twenty to twenty five
Miles an hour.
Attending, on behalf of
Colonel Gilbertson Smith,
Was Lieutenant Churchill -
A member of the Bar -
Who said the defendant
Was going from Lewes
To Bexhill, conveying
Important despatches.
The coast was under
Defence of a battalion,
Between Bexhill
To east of Brighton -
Ready and on standby
For any enemy invasion.
On a recent night,
At a raised Alarm –
Messages had to be sent,
By Despatch riders -
Which made it a necessity,
That they go at some speed.
While the Bench stated,
The police had been correct,
In bringing forward the case -
No conviction would be made.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914. Army Despatch Riders
- Summons for Excessive Speed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 21
Nov. p.14. Col.2. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11241587/Daily-Telegraph-November-21-1914.html
[Accessed:
21 November 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 21 November 2014).
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