LEAD THOU ME ON

PRIVATE R CAMPBELL

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (TYNESIDE SCOTTISH)

20TH AUGUST 1916 AGE 40

BURIED: BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, BELGIUM


Private Campbell's wife had remarried by the time she confirmed this inscription for his headstone. It's a quote from the hymn, 'Lead Kindly Light', written by John Henry Newman in 1833:
Lead kindly light, amid the encicling gloom,
Lead Thou me on.
The night is dark and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on;
Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for me.