Monday, December 8, 2014

Sergeant Lionel Johnson died 1905

            In Loving Memory of
No 5450 CR SERGT LIONEL JOHNSON
     1ST BATTALION DURHAM L.I.
          WHO DIED AT LUCKNOW
          ON THE 14TH NOVR 1905
                AGED 30 YEARS
                           ***
 COLD COLD LIES THE CLAY ON HIS 
     MOULDERING HEAD 
   BUT SWEET IS THE REST OF THE
     INNOCENT DEAD;
    THE LOVE WHICH WE BORE HIM 
     SHALL DWELL IN EACH BREAST
     TILL WE MEET HIM AGAIN
    IN THE REALMS OF THE BLEST

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