An addendum to the post about war graves
My pal atthe_algonquin has transcribed the wording on the tombstone. Three hankie warning...
THIS STONE
WAS ERECTED BY
PARISHIONERS OF BROCKENHURST
TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE IS LAID
THE EARTHLY BODY OF
SUKHA
A RESIDENT OF MOHULLA GUNGAPUR
CITY BARIELLY, UNITED PROVINCES OF INDIA
HE LEFT COUNTRY, HOME & FRIENDS TO SERVE OUR
KING & EMPIRE IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR.
AS A HUMBLE SERVANT IN THE LADY HARDINGE
HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED INDIAN SOLDIERS
IN THIS PARISH.
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JANUARY 12TH, 1915.
AGED 30 YEARS.
BY CREED, HE WAS NOT “CHRISTIAN”.
BUT HIS EARTHLY LIFE WAS SACRIFICED IN THE
INTERESTS OF OTHERS.
“THERE IS ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL WHO IS
OVER ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN ALL.”
EPHESIANS.IV 6.
THIS STONE
WAS ERECTED BY
PARISHIONERS OF BROCKENHURST
TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE IS LAID
THE EARTHLY BODY OF
SUKHA
A RESIDENT OF MOHULLA GUNGAPUR
CITY BARIELLY, UNITED PROVINCES OF INDIA
HE LEFT COUNTRY, HOME & FRIENDS TO SERVE OUR
KING & EMPIRE IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR.
AS A HUMBLE SERVANT IN THE LADY HARDINGE
HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED INDIAN SOLDIERS
IN THIS PARISH.
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON JANUARY 12TH, 1915.
AGED 30 YEARS.
BY CREED, HE WAS NOT “CHRISTIAN”.
BUT HIS EARTHLY LIFE WAS SACRIFICED IN THE
INTERESTS OF OTHERS.
“THERE IS ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL WHO IS
OVER ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN ALL.”
EPHESIANS.IV 6.