Malcolm, we know you served in the 23rd Battalion the Royal Fusiliers, and that you were actually born in Peebles. In addition to being commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial you are also mentioned on the gravestone commemorating the death of your widow Elizabeth in Wardlaw New Cemetery, No 22. From the fact that you are commemorated at Thiepval we think it almost certain that you were involved in the attack on the Somme front of 35 miles width which began at 07.30 on 1st July. The attack succeeded in capturing the villages of Montauban and Mametz and for the next three weeks or so there were other intermittent advances during the fierce fighting. On the 27th, the day you died, it was announced that the British forces, including the Royal Fusiliers, had captured an important German trench system north of Pozieres and Bazentin-le-Petit. Malcolm, we salute you as a brave soldier and have sincere sympathy for your widow, who mourned your loss. She would have known what had happened to you when the telegraph boy delivered the little brown envelope. Rest in Peace. Terry and Harry.

Henry Harrison