From The Spectator, 26 September 1914:
[TO THE EDITOR of THE “SPECTATOR.”]
Sir,—I am having put up in our parish church a brass on which is inscribed the names of all parishioners who are serving in the present war. A space will be left after each name in which the fortune of the parishioner can be inserted at the end of the war. Of course it will take a little time to know who is serving or will serve and to make the brass, but the fact that such a brass is in contemplation has been announced in the hopes that it may be some little encourage- ment to recruiting. The inscription on the brass would be somewhat as follows :—A space could be left at the bottom of the list of names for additional names, or, if there are none to be added, the space could be filled with “God Save the King.” You may think it worth while to insert this letter in the hopes that others may be induced to pot up a somewhat similar brass in their own churches, not merely as an aid to recruiting, but as a recognition to those who so freely offer their lives to their country and as a memorial to those who die for it.—I am, Sir, &c.,
N.
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