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we are all very proud of him. . . . On the night of the battle, 

 at much inconvenience to himself, Mr. Inglis was around the 

 trenches with a word of comfort for all, which nerved us for 

 dangers we knew awaited us. The next time I saw him was 

 after the fight ; he was with a party of R.A.M.C. men, and 

 although the shells and bullets of the enemy were still tearing 

 up the earth all around, and it was pouring hard with rain, he 

 was helping the wounded and getting them back to cover and 

 safety, working as hard as any man on the field that day. I 

 only hope that his grand work was seen by someone in authority 

 who will give him the honour and credit he so well deserves. I 

 cannot say more, beyond that it was most noble and grand of 

 him, and may it please our Lord and Master in Heaven to bless 

 and reward him accordingly." 



From General L. Nicholson : 



" He was a man in a million, and very many of us in the 16th 

 Brigade owe more to him than we can say. Personally, I am 

 proud to have had him for a friend, even for that short time we 

 lived together, and his death is a great grief to me. ... Of him 

 it can be truly said, ' Greater love hath no man than this, that 

 he gave his life for his friends.' " 



His brother-officers wrote some touching tributes ; one 

 says : 



" I shall never forget when I was wounded and taken to the 

 dressing-station on the canal bank how wonderful he was, 

 cheering up all the men and handing cigarettes round, and he 

 had been two days without rest. All the time I was in France 

 I never met a Chaplain anything like him." 



The Rev. J. Dwyer Keily, C.F., Wesleyan, writes : 

 " May the spirit of the dear rector live in the hearts of his 

 children and make them great. . . . Always careless of himself 

 and thoughtful for others. I never met a man so universally 

 loved and respected in the brigade as he was, and as he passed 

 along I think people felt kinder and better." 



Mr. Sidney Byass, of Llanlough Castle, Cowbridge, who had 

 been one of Mr. Inglis's greatest friends for thirty years, has 

 built a little chapel at La Panne to his memory. It has been 



