ROLL OF HONOUR.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 546, 9 November 1915, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR.

ST. DAVID'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

At the close of the evening service at St. David's Presbyterian Chureh, Sydenham, on Sunday, a roll of honour, of those connected with the church who Ihave volunteered for the front was unveiled by the Mayor of Christchurch. There was a large congregation present to witness the ceremony, and the church was suitably decorated with flags. The Eev. Charles Murray first briefly welcomed the Mayor, who then unveiled the board. The roll of honour was a simple one, neatly framed in a plain wooden frame. It hands in a conspicuous place upon the organ. The following are the names inscribed on it:— Corporal Alan Eussell Allardyce, Medical Corps. ' Eifleman Ivan Douglas Allardyce, Eifle

Brigade. Gunner Robert Charles Auld, Ammuni-

tion Column. Trooper John Beattie, 7th Reinforcements, C Squadron. Private Samuel Venner Besley, Ambulance Corps. Sapper J. Arthur Crawley, Field Troop Engineers (invalided to Britain).

Sapper John A. Forbes, Field Engineers (wounded).Private Bobert Bruce Johnstone, 2nd South Canterbury Infantry (wounded). Sapper Henry William Logan, Field Engineers (wounded). Trooper Louis A. McLean, Ist Canterbury Squadron (killed in action).

Sergeant Laurie Vernazoni, 20th Australian Infantry .Battalion. Sapper Koy Weir, Divisional Signalling Company. In a short address the Mayor based iiis remarks on that great text, "Greater love hath no man than this: that a may lay down his life for his friend." The gallant men whose names were inscribed on the roll of honour had given/their lives for their friends. True, all had not fallen, but all had been ready to make the sacrifice if need be. These men had gone out, not in any spirit of bravado, but to fight for liberty and justice. They had realised the dangers and horrors of war. Perhaps, if the people of New Zealand realised more fully what our gallant lads at the front were passing through, the racecourses would not be so crowded, and much of the gambling and drinking going on would cease. Every man of them was a volunteer —every man in the British Army was a "volunteer. He hoped it would always continue thus, but he warned his hearers that unless there was a better response to the appeal i'or recruits than there had been in the past, conscription must come. Therefore, he urged all to go who could go. It was the duty of those who could not go to provide funds and means in order that none who came back from the war disabled, and none of the dependents of those who 'would never come back, should be in want.