Yours very sincerely,
P. S. Houghton, 2nd. Lt.
O. C. No. 8 Platoon,
Q. V. R.
Never the lotus closes, never the wild fowl wake,
But a soul goes out on the East-wind that died for England’s sake—
Man or woman or suckling, mother or bride or maid—
Because on the bones of the English the English Flag is stayed.
Rudyard Kipling
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