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5th Aust M.G. Coy,
Somewhere in France,
4th December 1916.
My dear Mr. & Mrs. Richards,
As a close friend of your dear son Roy, I feel that I cannot let this opportunity pass to ask you to accept my deepest sympathy in your sad bereavement. I myself was wounded in the right thigh by the same shell that caused dear old Roy's death, and I was with him till our arrival at Rouen Hospital. There we parted, going to different Hospitals, and at the time were laughing and joking about a trip to Blighty. Imagine therefore, the shock I received when our genial friend Harry Smith, told me he had passed away at Bristol. Even now I can hardly realise that my beloved and true friend is no more, as he was so bright when I last saw him.
It will no doubt be a great consolation to you to know that the brave lad was among good friends when he died, and that the funeral arrangements were of a most impressive character.
Believe me the loss of such a staunch and true pal as was dear old Roy to me, is a very hard one, and I think his bright face and cheerful disposition will always be green in my memory.
Again asking you to accept my heartfelt sympathy,
I am,
Yours in all sincerity,
(Sgd) Jack F. Leech