Sue Light Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 Sussex Daily News 25th October 1914 SPIES AT SHOREHAM CAMP Spies have been discovered at the Shoreham Camp. One of them had obtained employment on some work there and somehow managed to arouse the attention of a soldier, who, as a result of subsequent investigation, was stated to have discovered on him a sketch of the camp and of the surrounding country. This secured promotion for the watchful soldier. Stripes also fell to the lot of a soldier who brought down a couple of pigeons flying over the camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 I don't know who the Shoreham spy was. But Britain had actually managed to capture a German spy at this stage of the war - Carl Hans Lody. But Lody's spying was confined to shipping ports in Scotland, Wales and Liverpool. He was arrested, in October 1914, in London. Lody was executed at the Tower of London, by a squad from 3 Bn Grenadier Guards, on the 6th November 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 25 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2004 I never found any follow up story in later months, so the Shoreham spy remains anonymous. Personally I feel sorry for those two pigeons - probably a couple of ours in training, or perhaps belonging to Herbert Jenkins, pigeon fancier of Portslade. Presumably they didn't bother about seagulls, or every day would have been open season Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 Personally I feel sorry for those two pigeons - probably a couple of ours in training, or perhaps belonging to Herbert Jenkins, pigeon fancier of Portslade. I doubt there was any confusion. British pigeons were easily recognised in WW1: a monocle in the right eye, roundels on their wings, and the dead giveaway - crows feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandsonMichael Posted 26 October , 2004 Share Posted 26 October , 2004 Weren't pigeons forbidden to fly over England during the War ? I think I read this somewhere... Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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