Jan 12 1916
Address reply to
H.2. 8th Brigade C.M.R.
France

My dear Friends

you will have heard before this reaches you of the death of your dear one in the big battle that has just closed a good many of our gallant [?] fell & yours was amongst them. He was killed in action & died with his face to the par. There are dark days for many individual hearts but in the night of death hope sun a star & listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. Out of the dark there we became of light. First of all he died in a great cause The cause of righteousness truth & final triumph was his side & for that cause he gave up his life. And again he did not die as a coward letting the issue go by default but he died a hero fighting peaceful odds of shot & shell. He laid down his life for his friends. Jesus said "greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends. Your loved one has actually done this very thing. He really laid down his life for others I believe he has fulfilled the Law of Love & am sure that our Father will crown his valour & self sacrifice in Immanuel Land Jesus said "In my Fathers house are many mansions" I am sure he has one.

He was buried lovingly by the kind hands of his comrades & his spirit has gone to the Homeland. He died not alone but with hundreds of his fellows in one of the biggest fights the Canadians have ever been in before. May our Father [?] & comfort you & give you strength to sustain you in this dark hour.

Faithfully yours
[?] G. Fallis
Chaplain