IN GRATEFUL MEMORY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 193, 30 July 1932, Page 8

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. UNVEILING BY THE PRINCE. British Official Wireless Service. Rugby, July 28. The Prince of Wales will on Monday unveil at Thiepval a memorial to over "0,000 British soldiers who diad in that area but who have no known graves. As the unveiling Ceremony is proceeding disabled ex-service men will scatter in the Anglo-French cemetery where the memorial stands the ashes of little wooden crosses placed among poppies in the British Legion -s Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey each Armistice Day. When the Prince reaches Thiepval he will inspect a French guard of honour and receive the French President, M. Le Brun, who will deliver an address after the memorial has been unveiled.

The memorial will bear the following inscription:—“To the glory of God and in grateful memory of 73,367 soldiers who gave their lives on the Somme battlefields in service to their King and country but who have no known grave, we dedicate this memorial, praying that, inspired by the example of these our brothers, we who remain may give our lives in service and sacrifice for the progress of humanity so that we may be not ashamed when we meet wi’ them beyond the grave.”