On the platform I arranged the altar, with the silk Union Jack as a frontal and with cross and lighted candles for ornaments.

It looked bright and church-like amid the sordid surroundings.

We had several celebrations of the Holy Communion, the first being at six a.m.A large number of officers and men came to perform their Easter duties.

A strange solemnity prevailed.

It was the first Easter spent away from home; it was the last Easter that most of those gallant young souls spent on earth.