SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
MY DEAR BROTHER FRED
FROM ALF

PRIVATE FREDERICK ROBERT WILLIAM OSBORNE

ROYAL FUSILIERS

2ND JANUARY 1917 AGE

BURIED: CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE


A beautifully solemn and unsophisticated inscription from Alf to his brother Fred. The brothers' parents were both still alive and named as next-of-kin but they don't feature in the inscription, which was signed for by Alf.