HE PREFERRED A NOBLE LIFE
BEFORE A LONG

PRIVATE JAMES FINGLAND HYSLOP

10TH BTTN CANADIAN INFANTRY

15TH MARCH 1916 AGE 27

BURIED: BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION, BELGIUM


Private Hyslop was born in 1887 in Muswell Hill, London. He enlisted in Calgary, Alberta on 11 June 1915. His inscription was chosen by his sister, Mrs JA Forbes. Whilst not a quote it owes its sentiment to Seneca the Younger, the Roman philosopher, who wrote: "Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.