SOLDIERS EPITAPH.
The IVan of Spit. Paul's has the following letter in./ the 'Guardian': — i\ '-.Some of U/o soldiers in Flanders /scratched tho/following; epitaph on the 'rough woodewi cross which marks the grave'of a nfomrade: — . " 'Poor old/ Bill, he left his place With smokj/ng gun and smiling face: But Bill wdfm't care. >i some good chap •Will follow* up and "fill the gap.' "The liJies- are delightfully English jits tlipir /combination of rough and <-Heery *toicism with tender and a Jj.itie sWiame-I'aeed sympathy. I wonder t«)w /Simon :de.s would havo written that Soulier's epitiiph. The sentiment of the • English-'liAJs worthy of his s. 'A|f^^^fHH^R^^i*tf^«^^^
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Mataura Ensign, 13 January 1916, Page 5
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113SOLDIERS EPITAPH. Mataura Ensign, 13 January 1916, Page 5
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