Letter sent to the mother of Corporal John Rhodes

Letter sent by the British Red Cross and Order of St John Enquiry Department for the Wounded and Missing to the mother of Corporal John Rhodes. The letter follows up a report sent to her in September with information from a Private J. Appleyard, who saw a shell fall in the spot where he knew Rhodes to be have standing a few minutes previously. As Rhodes was not accounted for afterwards, the letter concludes that it seems likely he was killed. The letter is typewritten, and is signed with the initials RL, on behalf of the Earl of Lucan.

英国红十字会（British Red Cross）与圣约翰救护机构（Order of St John）伤患与失踪人员调查部致约翰·罗兹下士（Corporal John Rhodes）母亲的信函。本函系对九月间寄达其本人的一份报告的跟进，该报告援引列兵J·阿普利亚德（Private J. Appleyard）提供的信息：阿普利亚德目睹一枚炮弹在他数分钟前确认罗兹曾站立的位置爆炸。由于此后始终无法核实罗兹的行踪，本函最终推断其大概率已阵亡。该信函为打字打印件，落款以RL首字母代卢坎伯爵（Earl of Lucan）签署。