RIFLEMAN FREDERICK DYE
WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
13TH MAY 1915 AGE 19
BURIED: AUBERS RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY, AUBERS, FRANCE
Frederick Dye was one of three brothers killed in the war (see previous and next inscription). Frederick's surviving brother, William, signed the form confirming both this and Harry's inscriptions. Despite the numerous references on headstones to King and country, or to abstract ideals such as honour and liberty, many men simply saw themselves as having done their duty.