'Motorcycle Despatch Riders In 1914'
Nick Shelley will describes the motorcyclists' contribution to the 1914 campaign,
using their own words and their own previously unpublished
photographs.
Nick describes himself as an Englishman from Edinburgh! was brought up in Scotland and studied English literature at college. Since university he spent most of my life in England, first in Devon and Bristol, and then moved to Nottingham where his wife and him have long been settled.
After a brief career in teaching at home and overseas, he worked for many years in the Probation service. When he took early retirement and retrained to work as a legal costs specialist. That was largely a desk-bound job but it allowed him to travel widely to court hearings, including work as an expert witness where solicitors were under investigation for overcharging.
Riding vintage Sunbeam motorcycles was his main hobby, but also had years of experience researching family histories (his own family and helping others). he's been giving talks on First World War motorcycle despatch riders since he co-authored a book on the subject – use this link to find the WFA review: