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The following is an extract from a letter from Capt. Williams, also of the 1st Monmouth Regiment, regarding the death of Col. Robinson :" I have not much time but I want the following to be known at once. Our men did splendidly and would have stuck to and followed their officers to the last. Our officer casualties all occurred in the fire trench as far as we know. which speaks for itself. The Colonel—Robinson--was last seen by Evill smoking a cigarette and smiling and surveying the position on the left of the Battalion. He ordered a slow retirement, man by man, to a position at right angles to our original line to face the enemy, and was leading this movement when he was shot dead through the head. I cannot express to you our admiration for him from the very beginning. He has shown always the very highest courage, coolness, and cheerfulness, and was the finest example any officer could have. SEC.-LIEUT. 0. M. TENNANT (0.P) 1st Battalion West Yorks. Regiment, The following is an extract from the Yorks. Herald. It is with regret that we announce the death of Sec.Lieut. Oswald Moncrieff Tennant, of the 1st Battalion West Yorks. Regiment, who has been killed in action near Ypres during the recent heavy fighting. The sad news of his death reached Acomb a day or two ago, and what made this more pathetic was the fact that the young officer was killed on his 21st birthday, June i6th. Sec.-Lieut. Tennant was an old boy of St. Peter's School, where he was educated under Canon Owen and Mr. S. M. Toyne, and he was always most popular with his schoolfellows. He was a clever athlete, representing the School in all games, and he carried off many of the trophies given at the annual school sports. On leaving School he obtained
