GOOD-BYE FRED, YOU HAVE
NOBLY DONE YOUR DUTY
THOUGH YOUR MOTHER'S HEART WAS BROKEN

PRIVATE FRED LAND

WELSH REGIMENT

15TH JANUARY 1915 AGE 18

BURIED: LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE


There's no sign of Fred's mother on the War Grave Commission's records. It was Fred's stepfather, Henry Morgan, who chose his inscription. I have a feeling that Henry Morgan meant it when he said "your mother's heart was broken"; I think his mother must have been dead.