"In memory of the Canadians who fought and died in the Great War, and the families devastated by their loss, this book takes for its subject the personal inscriptions found on the headstones of Canadian soldiers at rest in France and Flanders. It gathers into one place a representative selection of about a thousand examples drawn from a wide array of war cemeteries, some on the beaten track, others sequestered in remote areas all the more worth seeking out for their solitude and silence."--Introduction.

Storied Vimy's Hill -- Farewell, beloved -- The Ypres salient -- He fell at the Somme -- Passchendaele -- The hundred days -- He sleeps not here but in hearts across the seas.