Impression sketch
of Grace Mary Jungk - by Jamie.
A young woman of
England,
From Twickenham,
With the firm,
solid English
Names of Grace
Mary -
Found her self in
a saddened
Situation of her
married name.
Only the day before
war
Was declared, she
had wedded
Her German
husband,
Taking his name as
Mrs Jungk -
Two weeks after
his internment
Grace Mary Jungk
was in court.
In her struggle
to be employed,
Mrs Jungk was
turned
Away each time,
due to marriage
With a German -
to find
Unable to live in
London longer,
Joined her
parents in Gravesend.
On arrival, Grace
Jungk
Reported in
writing to Gravesend
Chief Constable,
to ask
That she might be
able to live
There - the reply
was his refusal,
Being then
summoned to court.
The charge given
was having
Entered a
prohibited
Area, as an alien
enemy, fined
£5 or
imprisonment
For a month - all
for marriage,
In love of a
German master tailor.
On being
sentenced, the young
Grace Mary Jungk,
had
To concede,
receiving a month's
Imprisonment - as
neither
Herself nor her
parents, could
Afford to pay the
given £5 fine.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. German's
English Wife. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 20 July. P.13. Col.3. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/1915/11736571/Daily-Telegraph-July-20-1915.html
[Accessed: 20 July 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 20 July
2015).
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