Source: File: The
Soldier's Pocket Companion.jpeg, [online] On original image can be seen at:
<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6575968.Reginald_Brabazon>
[Accessed: 19 November 2015].
With another Christmas to come,
Before any sign of a war's end,
Are practical ideal gifts to send
To every soldier based at the front.
To every soldier based at the front.
A philanthropist
editor aged 74,
The 12th Earl of Meath,
whose
Name was Reginald Barbizon,
Compiled a new companion.
Described as a 'Wide
Range
For the Man on
Active Service,'
A Soldier's Pocket Companion,
Was 6 1/2 by 3
1/2 inches.
Wisely made with waterproofed
Binding and rounded corners.
With pictures at 160 pages
Quality came at price of 1s net,
Quality came at price of 1s net,
Filled with
useful items to cover
A soldier’s needs; by vocabulary
Of French and
English-German,
Along with
Aviation terminology.
Sections would
cover important
Topics, to be mechanical
transport,
Uses of compas and
telephones
In the field - and a potted history.
Subjects to be causes of
war, and
A survey of the British
Empire -
Along with Europe
since 1870 -
All to bolster English allegiance.
Practical, to
give a background
As to facts and matters
that led
Britain into
fighting across fronts -
Topped off by regimental notes.
Not to forget, that
this useful
Little book's
origins - of church
Army - would eagerly include
A letter from Bishop of London.
No hint then, of any fun contents.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1915. Advert - The Soldiers Pocket Companion. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 19 November. P.4.
Col.6-7. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11994411/Daily-Telegraph-November-19-1915.html
[Accessed: 19 November 2015].
Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 19 November 2015).
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