Item 01: Dudley V. Walford diary, 23 September 1914 - 13 August 1916 - Page 67

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[Page 67]

The unburied Dead

Of all the ghastly spectacles that a battlefield can bring, the unburied dead in their mangled forms are the most forbearing and compassionate.

These unfortunate heroes fallen in their desperate attempt to vindicate the right are forgotten, and are given practically no sympathy or sentiment which they so thoroughly deserve.

Their bodies being in no man's land are unabled to be buried, and no one left to [indecipherable]. Their names are forgotten, obliterated, and their deeds of heroism unknown, but some will [indecipherable] hope that their names shall be

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