To the memory of my brother LIEUT.-COLONEL HAROLD DUKE COLLISON-MORLEY, soldier and artist, The Buffs, commanding the 19th London Regt., T. F. (St. Pancras Battalion), who was killed at the head of his men, after being twice wounded, just before reaching the German trenches in the attack on Loos on the 25th September, 1915, aged 37. Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither. An enthusiastic Shakespeare lover, he had maintained ever since the South African war that Henry V was the ideal 'soldier's play'. A copy of it, which he had carried with him throughout the present campaign, was found upon him after his death. Only five days before he was killed he wrote: There is no hardship or terror or doubt that happens out here that Shakespeare does not touch on or give advice for.' 300428 |