A poem that reads "In loving memory CAPT. NIGEL DUNCAN RATCLIFFE HUNTER M.C. &bar Royal Engineers Who was killed in action at BIEFUILLIERS near Bapaume March 25th 1918 Age 25 yrs He loved the Moors of Devon and on his last visit to Lydford he wrote the following lines ; Are we not like this moorland stream Springing none knows where from' Tinkling, bubbling , flashing a gleam Back at the sun ;ere long Gloomy and dull ,under a cloud 1 Then rushing onwards again; Dashing at ricks with anger loud' Roaring and foaming in vain? Wondering thus for many a mile Twisting and turning away for a while, Then of a sudden it's over the fall And the dark still pool is the end of all. Is it? I thought as I turned away And I turned again to the silent moor. Is it ? I said and my heart said " 'Nay!" As I gazed at the cross on Widgery Tor."

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