Impression sketch
of Army Chaplain tending
graves - by Jamie. Original
image can be seen at: <http://www.army.mod.uk/firstworldwarresources/archives/1607>
[Accessed: 29 March 2016]
From out of the
common fields of battles,
Records were
compounded by
Circumstances, of
situations within action -
Accuracy of
details could easily
Be omitted, or
become lost within latter
Battles - to lead
to easy confusion.
Daily lists had
become commonplace,
To show role of
honour
Of the fallen,
the wounded and those
Who died of
wounds.
Within
adjustments new arrangements
Formed the
casualty lists.
Governmental
decision for the future
Would be to omit
Particulars in
battle location of war -
By military
necessity,
And for reasons
of public interest,
Being given for
changes.
Exactly why
remained unexplained -
To add in the
release
That soldiers
particulars could not be
Mentioned in
published
Obituary notices
of the press, provided
By friends or
relatives.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Casualty
Lists - New Arrangements. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 29 March 1916. P.5. Col.3. Available at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12203514/Daily-Telegraph-March-29-1916.html
[Accessed: 29 March 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication,
29 March 2016).
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