HE GAVE HIS SWEET YOUNG LIFE
WHAT FOR?

LIEUTENANT JOSEPH JACKSON BROWN

ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS

5TH AUGUST 1918 AGE 24

BURIED: LA KREULE MILITARY CEMETERY, HAZEBROUCK, FRANCE


There is not really much to say about this inscription; I think we get the message. Some parents were happy to spell out the various noble causes for which their son died but not Lieutenant Brown's. They ask "What for?" not "for what?". They are not questioning the cause for which their son fought, but what was the point of his death - "what for?".