Copy of a letter from Chaplain Mayne to Mr. French informing him of the death of his son Albert French, dated 17 June 1916

The transcript is headed with the words ‘122nd Infantry Brigade, B.E.F, June 17th ’16 ‘. Chaplain Mayne is sorry to inform Mr. French that his son, Albert, was killed in action on 15 June 1916. He explains that Albert was doing some sand bagging on the parapet of a trench when he was struck by four machine gun bullets and killed instantaneously. He is buried in a wood and his grave is tended by his friends in the battalion. He offers his sympathies and reminds Mr. French of words from St. John’s gospel – “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”.