THIS GRAVE HOLDS ALL
THAT LIFE HELD DEAR

SERJEANT GEORGE EDWARD BRAIN MM

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

4TH JULY 1917 AGE 29

BURIED: BRANDHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE


This eloquent inscription to Serjeant Brain was chosen by his wife, Margaret Jane. Her husband died of wounds at a field dressing station on the Ypres Salient and the impact of his death is summed up in these few words.