It is with the deepest regret that I have to inform you that Captain
Perry-Hennington was killed on the 5th inst. His loss falls very
heavily indeed upon his brother officers and the men of his Regiment.
I will not attempt to say how much he meant to all ranks, for no
man could have been more looked up to, or more generally beloved.
All knew him for what he was, a good soldier, a true Christian, a
great gentleman. He was in the act of writing you a letter (which I
inclose) when word was brought to him that a man of another battalion,
mortally hit, had asked for Captain Perry-Hennington. He went out at
once, across the danger zone to a communication trench, where the
poor fellow lay, but half way he was caught by a shell and killed
instantly. If it was his turn, it was the end he would have asked for,
and the end those who loved him would have asked for him. Assuring you
of the Regiment’s deepest sympathy in your great loss,
I am, very sincerely yours,
G. H. ARBUTHNOT,
Lieutenant Colonel.
Inclosed in the letter was a scrap of paper on which was written: