I very much regret to have to inform you that your brother was wounded
this morning, he was hit in the back, and I don’t think it is serious;
the piece of shell entered his back just below the right scapula in a
slanting direction. I sent him on immediately to C. C. S., and I am
advising him to try to get down to your hospital. The Boche began
shelling our Dressing Station and we thought they had finished and went
back to our tents, when he sent a parting shot--so to speak, which
nearly got the lot of us. I think he will be able to write to you
himself to-morrow, so there is no need to worry. He has proved himself a
very good officer whilst with me, and I am very sorry to have to lose
him, as we very rarely get them back, once they go to the Base. I
greatly regret that this has happened.
Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
G. H. L. H.,
Lieut. Col.
Sept. 8, 1917.