A young Tommy souvenir
Collector - a
motor driver
Based at the
western front -
Conveyed a relic
of war
To his home, Redrock
street
Liverpool - sent to
his mother.
The arrival of
the German
Airplane bomb - a
tear-drop
Shape and fin - caused
some
Curiosity at home - then on
Friday 30 July it
was taken
To be viewed at Mrs Disley's.
Quite how it
happened was
Not stated, but quite
likely,
As Mrs Disley lifted
the bomb
Found the weight too heavy,
And dropped the
still live
Shell, to hit the
kitchen floor.
The resultant
explosion utterly
Wrecked the kitchen;
Mrs Disley
Died in the blast, as Mr Disley
And father in law
were injured -
Miss Disley's arm, being badly
Miss Disley's arm, being badly
Damaged, had to be amputated.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. German
Bomb Explodes - Liverpool Woman Killed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 2 August. P.6. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11773730/Daily-Telegraph-August-2-1915.html
[Accessed: 2 August 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 2 August 2015).
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