To a soldier of the great war. I do not know you but I would have liked to have known you. You wre a comrade in arms to my paternal grandfather. My paternal granfather, John Elson Carpenter, served with the Somerset Light Infantry in the war and lost his life at St. Quentin, Northern France on 23/03/1918. He is one of the missing and is commemorated at the Pozieres Memorial. You nobly gave your life so that future generations cou;ld live theirs. We owe you a great debt of gratitude which we will never be able to repay. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. "At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them."

Barry Carpenter