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 When a relative died, the bereaved would in due course be sent a photograph of the burial plot. Writing to Mrs. Ashman, the chaplain said:
"I am very sorry to have kept you waiting so long, but I have only just got a photograph of the cemetery.
Your husband passed away quite peacefully. It is very seldom that our patients leave direct messages for those they love. It is better for them not to know that they are near the end.
You can have no doubt of your place in your husband's heart. I would tell you more if I could.
Believe me to remain, with much sympathy,
Sincerely yours,
A. J. Moulton,
Wesleyal Chaplain. "
They would also receive what came to be known as a Dead man's penny.
*There is a discrepancy in the dates. The Commonwealth War graves commission states his death to have been in February 1918, but letters are dated 1917, which may be the more correct date.
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