CHAPTER FOUR

THE SOMME, FLERS, 1916

In Memoriam (extract)

To the men of the 3rd Battalion
N.Z.R.B who fell on the Somme

I am sitting in the shadows
I have borne the heat of day,
And I’m thinking of the comrades
Who have passed along the way.
They have scaled the furthest parapet,
Have crossed the Great Divide,
And are sleeping in their dugouts
Upon the farther side.

THIRD RESERVE