Poem ~ Peace Time Tragedy in War - Thursday, 12 November 1914

A young officer, 

Lieutenant John Cooper,

With the Army Service Corps,

Was motoring on Tuesday,

10 November - setting out

To re-join his regiment.

Driving from Hale in Cheshire,

Down to London.

Mrs Cooper accompanied

Her husband - after some

80 miles the happy couple

Reached Atherstone.

Lieutenant Cooper, 

Was travelling at a speed

Of some 33 miles per hour,

As he attempted to avoid

A baker’s cart –

The car came to grief.

In the resulting accident,

Mrs Cooper Was killed.

The inquest gave verdict,

Of accidental death.

Aptly, notably and coldly,

Are some lines,

Beneath the story,

Advertising a company

That insures against

Personal Accidents.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Motor car Tragedy. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 12 Nov. p.5. Col.5. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11214362/Daily-Telegraph-November-12-1914.html [Accessed: 12 November 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 12 November 2014).  

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