"On his knees at last": Stoker Moody in a prison cell after court martial. 'Morning Leader' cartoon. The postcard relates to a Naval mutiny at Portsmouth in 1905. "On the knee" was an order used by officers to command men to kneel when firing a small arms weapon, it could also be used as a humiliation. In 1905 a group of unruly stokers refused to kneel when ordered on the parade ground & subsequently rioted. Some were court martialled & one man, Edward Allen Moody was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, causing public protests.

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