Turkish
prisoners captured at Ramadi being marched to a concentration camp, escorted by
men of the 1st and 5th Royal West Kent regiment.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turkish_prisoners_Ramadi_World_War_1.jpg
From the fierce fighting of the
Dardanelles,
The capture of prisoners were
commonplace.
From out of such an event was an uncommon
Action to be noted in official
communications.
The word, regarding one
particular prisoner,
Arrived Cairo on 12 July - a
day before their
Arrival of the Turkish soldiers
taken in action -
Among them a young man of Caucasus
origin.
Conveyed out of the fighting zone of
Dardanelles
180 prisoners came to Cairo by train's
arrival.
Assembled on the platform, in the
heat of Egypt
A British Officer to address them stepped
out
Amid the Turkish men the name
of a Circassian
Karim was called out.
From amid the Turkish
Ranks one nervous anxious figure
stepped
Towards the Officer in charge
came forward.
He addressed the young captured Circassian,
By name of Karim - though an
interpreter
To be thanked for his actions – in
growing ease
Karim was reminded of his selfless
actions.
He had carried a wounded British
private from
The Royal Scots into the safety of
his enemy
Lines – Perhaps the Officer then shook
young
Karim’s hand, to thank him in
his Language.
With the other prisoners aside, in
orders to begin
Their march to camp at Tura this
young Karim
In act of small gratitude was taken
by motorcar
Across Egypt’s sands to the prison
camp at Tura.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Brave
Turkish Prisoner - British Recognition. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 23 July. P.10. Col.5. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11739275/Daily-Telegraph-July-23-1915.html
[Accessed: 23 July 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 23 July
2015).
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