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Silver Greyhounds Aided by War Time Dispatches
A lengthy historic account details the British king's messengers known as Silver Greyhounds. It covers Captain Stanley Wilson's 1918 capture by an Austrian submarine, the loss and recovery of dispatches, immunity and duties of messengers, and notable past incidents including Bathurst's disappearance and a 1877 ruse near Athens. The piece also notes the corps' expansion during war and their perilous duties protecting confidential communications across foreign lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Wilson
Pariament
King's Messenger
Pireus
Naples
Spezia
Assenger
Stanley’ Wilson
H. D. Narier
Vienna
Berlin
Wilson
Greece
Athens
Seleniki
Ttia
Austria
Edward VII
Biarritz
Riviera
Marienbad
Mediterranean
Downing Street
Ameed
Neaca
Stanley ‘Wilson
Department of Foreign Affairs
Europe
Courriers de Cabinet
Army
Navy
Paris
Miensénger
Nicholas Nicholsivitech
San Stefano
Constantinople
Walla
Great Britain
Russia
Athena
Hner
Hook
Holland
Arthur Herbert
Benjamin i Bathurét
Lora” Bathurat
England
Napoleon
Benjamin Bathurst
Koch
Accos
Ham
Boniface
Athout
Horges
Ostier
Earl of Bathurst
Bathurst
Perleberg
Moniteur
Bathurat
Courge
Kiesenwelter
Mertens
Swan Inn
Brentwood Company
Dees