Photo: A. Winter, Preston.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RALPH HINDLE, D.S.O.
He commanded the Battalion from February, 1915, till wounded in action at Festubert, and again from August, 1915, till killed in action at Vaucellette Farm, on 30th November, 1917.
“What do these fellows mean by saying, ‘I’ve done my bit’? What is their ‘bit’? I don’t consider I’ve done mine yet.”—Lieutenant-Colonel Hindle in 1917.
Dedication.
To
The Main Body of our Comrades,
who have gone forward in triumph to
the Unknown Land,
We,
The Rear Party,
left behind to clean up and hand over,
Dedicate this book.