I am sorry that I do not know your Christian name. I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former Lance Corporal in the 1st Lincolns myself, doing my National Service in 1950 in the Suez Canal Zone, I am pleased to be given this opportunity to salute you as a brave NCO who lost his life in the service of his country in the summer of 1916. You were laid to rest in Meaulte Military Cemetery, on the Somme just south of Albert, where six other members of our regiment also were laid to rest. A number of other graves were brought in from other cemeteries later in the war, so it is impossible for me to be absolutely sure of which Lincoln’s unit you were with and what it was engaged in when you lost your life. I can but quote the memorial hymn again, “All you had hoped for, all you had you gave to save mankind – yourself you scorned to save.”  I trust that the Guard of Honour at your graveside fired the traditional salute to a fallen comrade. In addition to your gravestone at Meaulte, I trust that you were also commemorated on your home town war memorial. You are all also remembered every year at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance, when the parade is at the attention while the Queen’s Colour and the National Standard are dipped in salute as the Last Post is sounded.  I offer my sympathy to your relatives who mourned your sacrifice.  Rest in Peace.  Harry.  

Henry Harrison