They had suffered very heavy losses, and I heard the account of my son's death.

On the morning of October 21st, he was leading his company and another to the attack on Regina Trench.

They had advanced, as the barrage lifted, and he was kneeling in a shell hole looking at his watch waiting for the moment to charge again, when a machine gun opened fire and he was hit in the head and killed instantly.

As he still kept kneeling looking at his watch, no one knew that anything had happened.

The barrage lifted again behind the German trench; still he gave no sign.