Poem ~ British Brodie Versus French Adrian - Thursday, 23 March 1916

Impression sketch of Brodie versus Adrian - by Jamie. Original images can be seen at:  <http://thebrodiehelmet.weebly.com/war-office-pattern.html> <https://www.worldwarsupply.com/cart/French-Adrian-Helmet> [Accessed: 23 March 2016]

Learning by experience of wearers

From the French casque, designers

Of the British Brodie then perfected

Their final design to be distributed.

Taking over from the War Office,

Ministry of Munitions made articles -

Final idea combining various designs,

Within weeks from different origins.

By compacted time a scientific evolution

Was described, in design of effective

Headpieces formed from hardest steel,

To have circumference of a narrow lip.

A fault detected from the French casque

Was the higher dome, allowing cool air

To collect at the top - the fit being tighter

So the metal pressed on wearer’s head.

Therefore the Brodie was constructed

With a lower pitch than French, made

To make a lower target - smooth steel

Without projections or any weak flutings.

Made at Armaments House, developed

A comfortable fit - rubber studs in dome

Absorbed any shock, with a double lining

Of felt and wadding against wearers head.

The wadding would act to absorb blood

With some antiseptic, should a bullet

Cut through metal to cause scalp wound -

While a chinstrap held helmet to the head.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1916. The British Helmet. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 23 March 1916. P.9. Col.6. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12200314/Daily-Telegraph-March-23-1916.html [Accessed: 23 March 2016].

Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 23 March 2016). 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12200314/Daily-Telegraph-March-23-1916.html

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Poem ~ Kitchener Rumours - Sunday 7 November 1915

Source: File: Horatio Kitchener. jpeg, [online] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horatio_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_15306.jpg> Accessed: 7 November 2015].

Having left British shores Earl Kitchener,

Was by 7 November, on route to Gallipoli -

The objective to gain first hand truth

Of the war situation on the Turkish front.

Only a day after departure came need

For announcement to explain, that while

Minister of War was away, the war office

Came under the command Mr Asquith.

Such situations had been quite normal,

When Earl Kitchener's duties took him

From Whitehall - While Downing Street

Had seen a normal ministers meeting.

A press Bureau statement told how

Sir Edward Grey, Lloyd George other

Ministers, with a few military officers,

Met as usual nothing out of ordinary.

Not unusual, except for suggestion

Of a circulated story, about resignation

Of Lord Earl Kitchener - the humdrum

Duties saw meet Board of Education.

Therefore in words of bold, told how

A temporary absence of the great man

Was being carried on by Prime Minister,

Without truth in resignation of Kitchener.

While there is often no truth in rumours,

Rumours might often turn out to be true.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1915. Lord Kitchener - Temporary Absence On Public Duty - Resignation Denied. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 6 November. P.9. Col.4. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11975530/Daily-Telegraph-November-6-1915.html [Accessed: 7 November 2015].

Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 7 November 2015). 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11975530/Daily-Telegraph-November-6-1915.html

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Poem ~ Seeing the Wounded - Monday, 16 August 1915

Impression sketch of visiting wounded - by Jamie.

The French and British army requirements,

Had introduced necessary regulations,

Over civilian relatives visiting sick

And wounded men or officers.

In hope these needs would be understood,

The process had simplified regulations

For those relatives given permission;

Rules being four in total.

For any soldier or officer, due to wounds

Or sickness being in danger, would

Be no military or medical objection

For any visits by their relatives.

A letter would be posted, prior to telegram,

Sent by Military Records or War Offices

To allow permission to a relative – no

Passport or permit necessary.

Only the letter or telegram was needed

To be produced – the recipient would

Need to follow all instructions given,

Having to travel to a named port.

Once at the specific port, the document

Was to be shown to the Embarkation

Commandant - the third rule being

Only one relative per patient.

Regarding accommodation only a limited

Number were allowed to have free

Travel and lodging, limited to any

Who could not afford expenses.

Directives from War Office in limited cases

Granted this - for all other acquaintances,

Or family would need to pay own costs -

Noting limited lodgings as expensive.

by Jamie Mann.

Anon.,1915 Wounded in France  - Regulations for Visits. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 14 August. P.4. Col.1. Available at:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11788269/Daily-Telegraph-August-16-1915.html [Accessed: 16 August 2015].

Mann, J., 2015. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 15 August 2015). 

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