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Commando Despatch Rider
Raymond Mitchell, already a veteran of Sicily and Salerno, served as a Despatch Rider (DR) with 41 Royal Marines Commando throughout the North-West Europe campaign. Fortunately he considered his position in the military hierarchy as too lowly for the ban on keeping diaries to apply to him. As a result, Commando Despatch Rider is both an accurate and atmospheric record of one man's war seen from an unusual perspective. Use of the Unit's War Diary and contemporary records gives this war story a broader dimension.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Adventures of a Despatch Rider" by William Henry Lowe Watson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Despatch Rider
A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the 'Contemptible Little Army' that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower.
Commando Despatch Rider
“A year of a man and his motorcycle during WW2 . . . The guy was catapulted from teenager to soldier in a few short bounds.” —War History Online In 1944, Ray Mitchell landed in Normandy with his unit 41 Royal Marine Commando. His role in bringing the Third Reich to its knees was that of despatch rider. Often operating alone in totally unfamiliar and hostile terrain, he and his motorbike delivered vital messages to forward units. This is a fighting soldier’s account of war—warts and all—and describes in vivid terms his and his fellow commandos’ experiences and emotions. Over the next ten months the commandos were in the thick of the action in France, the Low Countries and German...
You're Where Now?
In YOU'RE WHERE NOW? fantasy author, S. P. Muir relates a collection of amusing and sometime tragic anecdotes from his years as a London despatch rider. Long before the days of emails, the internet, or mobile phones, London was awash with hundreds - if not thousands - of motorcycle messengers. A breed apart and loathed by many, these unsung heroes were the lifeblood of London's economy. Whether high finance, graphic design or the newspaper industry, without these hardy - and some would say suicidal - knights of the road, all would have ground to a halt. S. P. Muir gives an intriguing and humorous insight into what it was like to work within this brotherhood of economically essential outlaws.
Despatch Rider on the Western Front 1915-18
The book is skilfully abridged version of the diary of a First World War motorcycle despatch rider, Sergeant Albert Simpkin, who was attached to the HQ 37th Division. The diary entries, and some longer descriptions of the main actions of the Division, provide a fascinating record of the life of a despatch rider on the Western Front; one day dodging shell holes and ammunition limbers to take his despatches to the front, the next observing the quaint but often courageous lives of the local populace. Throughout the diary are colourful and amusing anecdotes about his fellow soldiers, and critical comments on the strategies and tactics employed by the officers.
Back This Way
This is the second entry in the Memoirs of a Despatch Rider series in which S. P. Muir entertains us with anecdotes from his years as a London motorcycle messenger.In this sequel to 'You're Where Now?' Muir once again transports us back to the 1980s when London was awash with hundreds - if not thousands - of motorcycle messengers. A breed apart and loathed by many, these unsung heroes were the lifeblood of London's economy. In an age before the advent of emails, the internet, or mobile phones, whether high finance, graphic design or the newspaper industry, without these hardy - and some would say suicidal - knights of the road, all would have soon ground to a halt.S. P. Muir gives another intriguing and humorous insight into what it was like to work within this brotherhood of economically essential outlaws. A must for bikers everywhere, this is entertaining and eye-opening reading for anyone else as well.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider
Writing by W.H.L. Watson, "Adventures of a Despatch Rider" is an interesting private tale of his life as a motorbike despatch rider throughout the First World War. In this powerful story, Watson paints a clear and shifting photo of the difficulties, risks, and interesting moments he faced while appearing this essential obligation. Watson wrote approximately his courageous adventures as a dispatch rider, travelling via the harmful landscapes of Europe at some stage in the warfare. Through his captivating testimonies, he shares the thrilling journeys, the dangers of sending essential messages to people on the the front traces, and the friendships that are shaped within the chaos of conflict. W...
Adventures of a Royal Signals Despatch Rider
This touching autobiography charts the incredible life of a Yorkshire-born lad whose life story could match any Hollywood script. Using his childhood talent of motorcycle racing he becomes a stunt rider performing at many local shows. When World War II br
Adventures Of A Motorcycle Despatch Rider During The First World War [Illustrated Edition]
Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos “A young British soldier who went to war on two wheels “When the Great War broke out, the author of this book decided to leave his university studies and join the struggle. What attracted him immediately was the potential to combine his military service with his love of motorcycles and so it was that he found himself one of a select group of motorcycle despatch riders within the 5th Division of the ‘Contemptible Little Army’ that went to France and Belgium to halt the overwhelming numerical superiority of the advancing German Army. This book, an account of his experiences in the early months of the war, tells the story of a conflict of fluid manoeuvre and dogged retreat. Together with congested roads filled with military traffic and refugees, the ever present threat of artillery barrage and changing front lines the author had to constantly be aware of the presence of the deadly Uhlans-mounted German Lancers-who were always ready to pitch horseflesh against horsepower.”—Print Ed.
