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Despatch Riders
====Despatch Riders====
*''Adventures of a Despatch Rider''. ''Blackwood’s Magazine'' Nos 197 and 198, May 1915 - September 1915. [https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi197edinuoft/page/576 Pages 577-612], [https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi197edinuoft/page/842 pages 842- 859], [https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft/page/112 pages 113-138], [https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft/page/246 pages 247-271], [https://archive.org/details/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft/page/388 pages 389-397] Archive.org
:Later in 1915 published as [https://archive.org/details/advdespatchrider00watsuoft ''Adventures of a Despatch Rider''] by Captain WHL Watson, 1915 Archive.org. However, some of the text differs between that published in ''Blackwood’s Magazine''.<ref>vintagesunbeam. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/209447-2-german-staff-cars-captured-by-2nd-bn-dwr-01091914/?do=findComment&comment=2822459 2 German Staff Cars Captured by 2nd Bn DWR 01/09/1914] ''Great War Forum'' 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.</ref> Also published in 1917 in an edition edited for censorship reasons. There was a 2012 reprint with the title ''A Motorcycle Courier in the Great War''.:Captain WHL Watson was also the author of ''Tales of a Gaspipe Officer'' by Despatch Rider. ‘Military cyclists are popularly known as Gaspipe Cavalry’ ''Blackwood’s Magazine'' Nos 198, 199 and 201, December 1915-March 1916, and January 1917 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi198edinuoft#page/794/mode/2up/ Page 795], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/76/mode/2up page 76], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/246/mode/2up page 246], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi199edinuoft#page/360/mode/2up page 360], [https://archive.org/stream/blackwoodsmagazi201edinuoft#page/44/mode/2up/ page 45]. Archive.org. There was a 2021 reprint with the title ''Tales of a Gaspipe Officer: With the Cyclists on the Western Front During the First World''.
*[https://archive.org/details/daredevilofarmye00aust ''The Daredevil of the Army : Experiences as a "Buzzer" and Despatch Rider''] by Captain A P Corcoran 1918 Archive.org
*[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/2422/war-on-two-wheels-a-diary-of-overseas-service-british-expeditionary-force-france-19151918-david-winder-small-royal-engineers-signals ''War On Two Wheels - A Diary Of Overseas Service British Expeditionary Force, France 1915-1918. David Winder Small - Royal Engineers Signals''] by Felicity Jane Laws 2nd edition 2011. Forces War Records, generally a pay website, but this digital file is accessible for free. (Located in Historical Documents Library/War Diaries). Small was a motor cycle despatch rider of the Royal Engineers Signal Service, in the Signals Company of the 20th (Light Division).
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