'I liked your son immensely. He and I were always the best of
friends, and I feel his loss very much indeed. He had done so well
as Adjutant of the Battalion, and I know that no one will ever forget
the part he played on the night of the 15th of June, when he took
command of the Battalion at a critical moment and brought them out of
action, and for which he was most justly rewarded.
'It seems too sad to think that now he has gone, but it may be some
slight consolation to you in your sorrow to know that your son died
like a gallant Scottish gentleman, fighting for his country in what
is surely a righteous cause.'