BRITAIN’S DEAD

Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1928, Page 5

BRITAIN’S DEAD

“ALL ABE EQUAL.’

PRINCE OF WALES’S MESSAGE

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

LONDON. Nov. 10. The Prince of Wales contributes a signed article to “The Times” special War Graves number, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Armistice. He extols the work of the War Graves Commission and says; “It is not easy to grasp the meaning of the words ‘a million dead’ but when one remembers what splendid fellows they were, and what hopes and affections clung to each, one begins to get some conception of the sacrifice the Empire made.

“Wo can feel no other sentiment than gratitude and pride. All over the world our dead lie, but whether they lie solitary, or in company, and regardless of their rank or what portion of tin' Empire they came from, all arc treated with the same reverence and tender care and the same type of headstone is over them. They gave their lives in the service of the Empire. It is impossible not to bo specially touched by the thought of the missing. It is almost an extra patent of gallantry to be among the missing. The race has not weakened—these million dead are silent witness to that. “In honouring the dead let us not forget the living. Wo do not s’et do justice to Earl Haig’s greatness. He gave all his heart to the welfare of the men who fought with him in bis name, and in the name of these million dead I appeal for help to make the lot of all soldiers richer in the things that are worth while.