Image of the
French flag
Amid those from
all walks of life,
Came men of
education - one master
Of Eton, Walter
George Fletcher,
Joined the Royal
Welch Fusiliers.
In the rank of
Second Lieutenant,
His career had
seen him as Captain
Of his school -
to win Jelf Verse Prize
And as a rower in
the Eton eight.
From appointment of Assistant
Master in 1913,
to be Lieutenant
By 1915 - at the
front a mission
Of danger took
him into the night.
The Eton master aged 27, crawled
Out into the
dark - moving forward
Between the lights
of bright flares,
Where he climbed
an enemy tree.
Within the
branches the Germans
Had hung a trophy of a captured
Flag of France -
with this trophy
In his hands, he returned to cheers.
Already mentioned
in dispatches,
From 18 February,
his brave actions
Led to another
recommendation
Of distinction at
the flag's recapture.
Only a short time
later Lieutenant
Fletcher, was in
the trenches when
A shot direct to
the head killed him;
The flag was sent
to his Eton School.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. French
Flag at Eton. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 13 December. P.5. Col.2. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12037754/Daily-Telegraph-December-13-1915.html
[Accessed: 13 December 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 13 December 2015).
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