At a memorial service held in Ireland on Tuesday for
Captain Norman Leslie, of the Rifle Brigade, who was killed at the front, the Primate of Ireland read an extract from a letter by Captain Leslie. We quote from the Morning Post.:— "Try and not worry too much about the war, anyway. Units, individuals, cannot count. Remember, we are writing a new page of history. Future generations cannot be allowed to read the decline of the British Empire and attribute it to us. We live our little lives and die. To some are given chances of proving them- selves men and to others no chance comes. Wfiatever our indi- vidual faults, virtues, or qualities may be it matters not, but when we are up against big things let us forget individuals and let us act as one great British unit, united and fearless. Some will live and many will die, but count the loss naught. It is better far to go out with honour than survive with shame."
Surely a finer spirit for a regimental officer cannot be imagined.
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