PRIVATE RICHARD WARING
LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
16TH SEPTEMBER 1914 AGE 19
BURIED: VENDRESSE CHURCHYARD, FRANCE
Ever since Nelson's famous signal to the fleet on the morning of 21 October 1805 before the Battle of Trafalgar, every Englishman has known what is expected of him: "England expects that every man will do his duty". And your duty was to fight, and if necessary to die, for your country.
Private Waring was killed so early in the war, scarcely five weeks after the outbreak, that he must have been a regular soldier. Because he was killed so early in the war the exact location of his grave became lost. This explains why the words 'Known to to be buried in this cemetery' appear across the top of his headstone. His mother's simple and direct words at the base of the stone make for a very touching inscription.