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  2. Despatch rider - Wikipedia

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    A despatch rider delivers a message to the signals office of 1st Border Regiment at Orchies, France, 13 October 1939. A despatch rider (or dispatch) is a military messenger, mounted on horse or motorcycle (and occasionally in Egypt during World War I, on camels). [1] In the UK 'despatch rider' is also a term used for a motorcycle courier.

  3. Motorcycle courier - Wikipedia

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    Honda ST1300 Pan European operated by Freewheelers EVS Blood Bikes charity in South West England Motorcycle courier in London, England DHL courier scooter in Taipei, Taiwan Thailand Post bike loaded with letters and parcels. A motorcycle courier, also known as a despatch rider or motorcycle messenger, is a courier using a motorcycle.

  4. Bessie Stringfield - Wikipedia

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    Bessie Stringfield (born Betsy Beatrice White; 1911 or 1912 – February 16, 1993), also known as the "Motorcycle Queen of Miami", was an American motorcyclist who was the first African-American woman to ride across the United States solo, and was one of the few civilian motorcycle dispatch riders for the US Army during World War II.

  5. Pamela McGeorge - Wikipedia

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    McGeorge initially joined the Women's Land Army aged 20, in 1939, having been at physical training college. She resigned to join the Women's Royal Naval Service. [3]On 30 September 1941, [4] when a WREN third officer, she received the British Empire Medal, for bravery in carrying urgent despatches on foot in an air raid.

  6. Arthur William Sidney Herrington - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, Herrington was a lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forces, serving as a motorcycle dispatch rider in Europe.During this time, he observed the difficulties of conventional vehicles when driving off road.

  7. Grant F. Timmerman - Wikipedia

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    Assigned to the Motor Transport Company of the 4th Marines, Pvt Timmerman served as a truck driver and as a motorcycle dispatch rider. Once in Shanghai, he and another Marine observed a white woman surrounded by a crowd of menacing Chinese. Immediately, he and his comrade dispersed the angry crowd and stood by until a policeman was summoned.

  8. Charles Kingsford Smith - Wikipedia

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    Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm in RAAF uniform Kingsford Smith c. 1920. In 1915, he enlisted for duty in the 1st AIF (Australian Army) and served at Gallipoli.Initially, he performed duty as a motorcycle dispatch rider, before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, earning his pilot's wings in 1917.

  9. Royal Corps of Signals - Wikipedia

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    In 2017 the Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team, then in its 90th year, was disbanded; senior officers had complained that it "failed to reflect the modern-day cyber communication skills in which the Royal Signals are trained". [16] On 28 June 2020, the Royal Corps of Signals marked the 100th anniversary of its foundation. [17]

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