Harry Edward Harper- Private 22884 - 11th May 1917

A Century have days gone by Since you last saw the sun did rise, Embattled weary and forlorn Another push for King and all. You’d seen smiles and tears Dreamt and had wishes for all too few years Now little you’d realise that on this day The soul of yours be taken away. The whistle shrill once again, Onto a plane of mud and waste Where for you, Only death would wait. The 11th of May was your last day Roeux seemed not that far away Dear Harry Edward your future does recall Your sacrifice for us, one and all. I saluted you last night Whilst by the flame which still glows tonight In your memory I shed a tear Lest we forget that you were there. What was so Great About that War Which created so many sad mothers And widows dressed in black Who found that their own Harry’s never came back.