Impression
sketch of drunk Private Sockley - by Jamie.
A private in the
Army Service Corps,
Whose
responsibility was organization
Of Army
transports and supplies, of all
Kinds, was home
on leave for some days.
The private in
question, was a forty
Year old Walter
Sockley, who treated
Himself to a few
drinks of beer - about
The
establishments of Holloway, London.
Slightly less
than sober at a stage
Of the day, Private
Sockley then met
A gentleman, with
whom he got talking,
Who wanted to
learn of his experiences.
In order to talk
they agreed to go
To a restaurant,
where the gentleman
Bought him whisky
to drink - in a result
That as the
evening went on he lost control.
Thus being under
a mix of whiskey
And beer was when
Private Sockley.
Very drunk, acted in disorderly fashion,
Out on Hornsey
Road Islington of London.
Leading to
appearance in London
Court before a
Mr Hedderwick, who
Said it was a
scandal that people might
Get soldiers
drunk for their own amusement.
He added that the
gentleman, that
Had led him on so,
should be in dock
As well - the
sufferance was on him; five
Days or seven and
sixpence, which Sockley paid.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Treating
Soldiers. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 23 August. P.8. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11801595/Daily-Telegraph-August-23-1915.html
[Accessed: 23 August 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago -
Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 23 August 2015).
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