Impression sketch
of Officers Devotion - by Jamie.
Captain Perkins of Honourable
Artillery Company,
Was involved with recruiting meeting
on 5 May -
Held at the Bishopsgate Institute in
the afternoon.
Included was a story of officer's
devotion to his men,
As recounted institutes governor Mr
D. A. Romain.
Serving with the H.A.C. was Mr
Romain's son aged
18 years – the company involved in
trenches fight
The son's closest friend was beside
him to receive
A mortal wound – with the action
going on around
Their Captain Boyle remained by the
lad, till he died.
After the young soldier had finally
passed away,
Captain Boyle then cut a lock of the
lad’s hair,
With the intention of sending this
to his mother.
This was an example of an officer,
who the men
Held proudly and followed, in
fighting of the field.
Captain Perkins of the H.A.C. in
return of trenches,
Addressed the meeting - he told his
belief that this
Would be a long lasting war - how if
the young men
Of the country knew and saw
Belgium’s desolation.
Then they would join the army's
colours immediately
Captain Perkins added be believed in
conscription.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Back from the Trenches – A
Lock of Hair. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 6 May. P.11. Col.4. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11576899/Daily-Telegraph-May-6-1915.html
[Accessed: 6 May 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 6 May 2015).
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