Poem ~ Gunner Gains Medal - Saturday, 24 October 1914

A keen young Gunner, F.G. Powe, Aged 20,

Of the 41^st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery,

Was recovering quickly in Bristol, from wounds,

Was by this date, due to return to the front.

Gunner Powe recognised for his work in the field,

At Villers Cotterets, while manning a gun.

Facing a superior enemy force he received

Shrapnel wounds in both legs – He refused orders

To gain medical attention, choosing to hobble

About, on a single leg, he assisted the crew,

In their tight corner - first to get the guns hitched

To the horses - after which he was commended

For his bravery by his commanding officer,

To be awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. A Brave Gunner. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 24 Oct. p.7. Col.6. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11183483/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1914.html [Accessed: 25 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 25 October  2014). 

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Poem ~ Svenska Steamship Sunk- lördag oktober 24, 1914

På fredag i Grimsby,
Den Newcastle Ångaren Eppleton,
Förtöjt upp och transporteras
Nio överlevande till stranden.
Den svenska Steamshipen 'Alice'
Av Göteborg, hade varit
Bunden till Göteborg
Från London, lastad med koks.

De överlevande ingår två kvinnor
Stewardesses och styrmannen
Leif Anderson - som i en intervju,
Sade befälhavaren
Var hans bror - tillsammans med en besättning
Av sjutton händer.
Händelsen skedde vid 03:30.
Eftersom explosions
Vaggade dem, trodde de
De hade torpede,
Men senare fick de hade på en mina.

Att träffas på bågar,
Ångaren började gå ner.
I medvetande om faran
Om Nordsjön,
Båda livbåtar hade varit redo
För en nödsituation -
Lanseras i ögonblick,
Som räddade deras liv.
Fartyget gick snabbt ned som en sten,
Eftersom de livbåtar vänster valslagren.

I dessa stunder en stuga pojke
Struck på huvudet
Genom en timmer ska bedövas
och drunknade
Innan de kunde nå honom.
En annan sjöman,
Dödades också, genom att flyga skräp.

Enligt kapten Andersons
Order, besättningen
Uppdelat mellan de två båtarna.
Kaptenen och sju män,
Tog en båt.
Sex män, två kvinnor och styrman
Var i den andra båten;
Det hade ett segel, vilket sparar mycket rodd.

Vid bränning facklor, dessa observerades
Förre Eppleton.
Taget på vildsvin vid 08:15, notera
Att efter båda
Båtar hade lanserat, kaptenens
Party sågs inte igen.

av Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Mined Swedish Steamer – Survivors Landed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 24 Oct. p.7. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11183483/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1914.html [Accessed: 25 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 25 October  2014). 

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Poem ~ Swedish Steamship Sunk- Saturday, 24 October 1914

On Friday in Grimsby,

The Newcastle steamer Eppleton,

Moored up and conveyed

Nine survivors to the shore.

The Swedish Steamship ‘Alice,’

Of Gothenburg, had been

Bound to Gothenburg

From London, loaded with coke.

The survivors included two women

Stewardesses and the mate

Mr Anderson – who, in an interview,

Said the master of the ship

Was his brother - along with a crew

Of seventeen hands.

The event happened at 3.30pm.

As the explosion

Rocked them, they thought

They had been torpedoed,

But later learned they had hit a mine.

Being struck on the bows,

The steamer started to go down.

In awareness of the danger

About the North Sea,

Both lifeboats had been ready

For any emergency –

To be launched in moment’s notice,

Which saved their lives.

The ship quickly went down as a stone,

As the lifeboats left the chocks.

In those moments a cabin boy

Struck on the head

By a timber to be stunned

And drowned

Before they could reach him.

Another seaman,

Was also killed, by flying debris.

Under Captain Anderson’s

Orders, the crew 

Divided between the two boats.

The captain and seven men,

Took one boat.

Six men, two women and the mate

Were in the other boat;

That had a sail, saving much rowing.

In firing flares, these were observed

By the Eppleton.

Taken on boar at 8.15pm, noting

That after both

Boats had launched, the captain’s

Party was not seen again.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1914. Mined Swedish Steamer – Survivors Landed. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 24 Oct. p.7. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11183483/Daily-Telegraph-October-24-1914.html [Accessed: 25 October 2014].

Mann, J., 2014. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 25 October  2014). 

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