According to them, it is not clear if the
dispatch rider was a victim of armed criminal elements who have developed the penchant to eliminate state security personnel.
Honor Blackman will be reliving her days with leading men Sean Connery in Goldfinger (top) and Patrick Macnee in The Avengers and her work as a
dispatch rider.
"The most unlikely job - which is very dangerous in winter - was as a
dispatch rider.
"Before you were accepted as a
dispatch rider, you had to ride your bike flat out.
She is pictured on a Matchless 350cc at Drayton Manor, Tamworth, in 1945 on her last posting as a
dispatch rider, top right, and on her wedding day with husband Leslie, centre, and family, above far right Main picture by IAN McINTYRE
But even more remarkable is that, during World War II, Colin was a
dispatch rider.
A gross misconduct exhibited by a police
dispatch rider of the Vice Presidents' security team from Accra incurred the wrath of over 20 Journalists in the Upper West Region, who were following the Vice President, Alhaji Dr.
After Robert returned from the desert as a
dispatch rider, they moved to Edinburgh for him to work as a joiner and Susan as a machinist.
He became fluent in Danish, and at the outbreak of World War II was posted to Iceland as
dispatch rider with the Northumberland Fusiliers.
Before enlisting on December 17, 1942, he was employed as a
dispatch rider with the National Fire Service and, aged just 16, he was awarded the British Empire Medal and his citation reads, "Arthur Henry Warner, Messenger, Coventry Auxiliary Fire Service.
Mr Firman, who served as a
dispatch rider in Africa during the war, died on June 30 after a short illness at James Cook University Hospital.
Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) works as a
dispatch rider for the US Cavalry, earning his spurs as "the greatest rider the West has ever known".
