Fred, I do not know the circumstances of your death, nor why your remains were not recovered from the field of battle, but I can still salute you as the brave soldier you undoubtedly were, who died in the service of his country and who was commemorated on the Menin Gate. You were one of the more than 100 members of your battalion who perished in the attack on the enemy front line on the first day of the 3rd Battle of Ypres. The weather conditions were absolutely atrocious, and the enemy artillery barrage was ferocious. I trust you were also commemorated on your home town war memorial. As a former Lincolns soldier myself, I know the sincere meaning of the Last Post, sounded in your honour by the buglers at the Menin Gate. My sympathy to your relatives who mourned your sacrifice. Rest in Peace. Harry.
Henry Harrison