O GOD GIVE ME
THE HERO'S MOTHER
STRENGTH TO SAY
THY WILL BE DONE

PRIVATE THOMAS ELWELL

YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

6TH NOVEMBER 1915 AGE 31

BURIED: BRANDHOECK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM


'Thy will be done' was one of the most popular of all headstone inscriptions. Mrs Elwell's variation shows how hard it was for her to accept her son's death, even if it was God's will.