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Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1922, Page 4

A MOTHER’S FORGET-ME-NOTS.

BOULOGNE, .May 17 Nothing iii tla - whole pilgrimage ot the Kiny; occurred more touching than during li i h visit tlii.s morning to l*’ta pies Cemetery. Mis Matthew, of Devizes, the 'mother of Sergeant-Major Matthew, of the H.A.S.C., burieil at lOtaples, had written to the Queen begging her to place on the sergeant’s tomb a lew forget-me-nots which she enclosed in her letter. As the Queen was not present the let ter was given to the King. Tie read it and was most touched by it. Turning to one of the Dominion Commissioners,he read the letter over to him and said he would lay the lorget-nie-liots on the grave of Sergeant Matthew himself. This he did later on, taking the few [ flowers in Ids band to the graveside j and kneeling down to place them on ; the grave, hie gave orders that they j were on no account to be touched by anyone. ! Looking at the date of Sergeant i Matthew’s death, the King said, “How sad that he should have died after the armistice.”