I am sorry that I do not know your Christian name, which is how I like to address former comrades-in-arms. I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown to smithereens in the German artillery defensive barrage in Greece. As a former soldier in the 1st and the 7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment and the 1st Royal Lincolnshire Regiment myself, doing my National Service in peacetime in 1950-51, although sad to read about your death, I am pleased to be given this opportunity to salute you as a brave soldier who lost his life in the service of his country.  The remains of your comrades which were not recovered from the site of the fighting are therefore commemorated on Memorials .  However, some of you were identified and so received a proper military funeral in nearby graveyards, with a Guard of Honour who fired the customary salute to a fallen comrade.  You were laid to rest in a local Military Cemetery. 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 also trust that you were commemorated on your home town war memorial. But you are 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 and friends who mourned your sacrifice.  Rest in Peace.  Harry.

Henry Harrison