At a court session, appeared
A resident of Tolmer’s Square,
Hampstead Road, London.
A young man in khaki uniform,
Who had been using the name,
Fred Taylor -
But was in fact,
Siegfried Schneider.
The man,
Had been charged as an alien,
Having failed to notify,
Any change of address -
He had also travelled,
More than five miles without
Gaining any permit.
As he agreed to a guilty plea,
To the second charge,
The court then heard, how
A Detective Sergeant Cox,
Of Special Branch,
Scotland Yard -
Had found the detained man,
On the evening of Sunday,
Employed as an orderly.
This occurred at No. 14
General Hospital,
As he attempted to work
As an Orderly,
In the Red Cross Brigade,
Near Boulogne.
On Speaking to Mr Schneider,
The officer stated to him,
He was registered in London,
As an alien enemy –
Furthermore,
He had travelled to Boulogne,
Without any kind of permit.
Mr Schneider made reply,
That he was already known
To the Red Cross as German -
But used a gentleman’s name
From the polytechnic,
Which he had attended.
In his given explanation,
For being in possession
Of a British passport -
Mr Schneider reported
That being among the first
Who had volunteered to fight,
He was conveyed,
By motor car,
To Devonshire House, where
He signed an application form,
In the name of Fred Taylor.
In the court dialogue, Mr Hopkins
Was informed, that the young man
Had served as Fred Taylor -
Under remand the detainee’s
Request for bail was scoffed at.
The audacity of the request
Was countered, by stating
How he had, under a false name,
‘Sneaked’ into the King’s service.
The prisoner replied he did not
Consider it as such.
To the question that perhaps
He had enrolled as a German,
Under his real name,
Mr Schneider floundered -
Unable to deny the fact.
Therefore no bail was granted.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914. German as Red Cross Orderly. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 9 Aug. p.5. Col.5. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11261375/Daily-Telegraph-December-2-1914.html
[Accessed: 2 December 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 02 December 2014).
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