Say Not “Good-Night”

The inscription on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone is at the base of the tablet.
Headstone inscription, Minty Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
P. Ferguson image, September 2016.

But in Some Brighter Clime

He was a soldier, unknown to me, but through my wanderings across Flanders I stumble upon his place. He is there with his fellow soldiers… who knew not what the day would bring. But this day, this time, this place, I stop a while and think upon his life and wonder who he was to others….We will remember them.

Bid Me “Good Morning”

The full length headstone of Sergeant J. Gibbs includes the insignia of the Royal Army Medical Corps, a Cadeuscus, (a snake wrapped aroundd a pole). Contained within a wreath with the King's Crown above.
Sergeant J. Gibbs, Royal Army Medical Corps, Age 31.
P. Ferguson image, September 2016.

Sergeant Gibbs’ headstone inscription is from the poem entitled “Life” by Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825). Son of Thomas and Maria Gibbs, of Burton-on-Trent; husband of Madeline Elizabeth Gibbs, of 199, Uxbridge St., Burton-on-Trent.

Previously published Pipes of War website, 9 November 2016