Headstone of Sapper E.M. Des Brisay, 2nd Canadian Signal Company, Attd. Royal Flying Corps, died August 3, 1916, age 23, at Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. © 2013 John M. Shea
98 SapperE.M. Des Brisay2nd Canadian Signal Coy.Attd. Royal Flying Corps, 3rd August 1916 Age 23Thou hast made him exceeding glad with Thy Countenance
"During this period the splendid fighting qualities of the infantry were well seconded by the bold support rendered by the artillery, and by the ceaseless work carried out by the Royal Flying Corps. These operations had again resulted in heavy losses to the enemy, as testified to by the dead found, and many prisoners—besides arms, ammunition, equipment, and stores—had been taken, while the Turks now only retained a fast vanishing hold on the right bank of the Tigris."
Excerpt from the report by General Sir Stanley Maude, commanding British Empire forces in Mesopotamia, reporting on his advance up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers towards Baghdad.
The Great Events of the Great War in Seven Volumes by Charles F. Horne, Vol. V, 1917, p. 51, copyright © 1920 by The National Alumnia, publisher: The National Alumni, publication date: 1920
1917-02-05, 1917, February, Mesopotamia, RFC, Royal Flying Corps, Tigris
