Note 1 — Chapter III · THE RETREAT FROM MONS (2ND BATTALION)
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In November 1914, when the Allies regained possession of Villers-Cotterêts, the bodies of those who had fallen there were reverently buried. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. G. Morris, Captain Tisdall of the Irish Guards, Lieut. Geoffrey Lambton, Coldstream Guards, and Lieut. G. E. Cecil, Grenadier Guards, were buried together, and a cross was put up by the French with the following inscription:
Ici reposent
Quatre officiers de l'Armée Anglaise.
Le Colonel l'honorable George Morris. R.I.P.
Le Capitaine C. A. Tisdall, de la garde Irlandaise.
Le Lieut. Geoffrey Lambton.
Le Lieut. George E. Cecil, des Grenadiers de la Garde.