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ON ACTIVE SERVICE SERIES
AT YPRES WITH BEST-DUNKLEY
By THOMAS HOPE FLOYD
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXX
Garden City Press, Letchworth, Herts.
To
All Ranks of The
SECOND-FIFTH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
WHO FELL AT
YPRES
On the Thirty-First of July, 1917
I Dedicate this Book
"... Henceforth These are our saints. These that we touched, and kissed, And frowned upon; These that were frail, yet died because the good Was overthrown. That they in one dread hour Were terrible Stains not their sainthood, nor is heaven less sure That they knew hell. How beautiful they are, How bright their eyes. Their hands have grasped the key Of Paradise! They hold it out to us, Our men, our sons ... To us The lonely ones."
—Thomas Moult.[1]