Lieutenant Edward Mervyn Carre, R.F.C., who was killed in October, 1916, aged twenty-two, was the youngest son of the Rev. Arthur A. Carre and Mrs. Carre, of the Rectory, Smarden, Kent. Educated at Christ’s Hospital from 1903 to 1910, he left as Deputy Grecian and entered the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and in 1912 matriculated at Leeds University, whence he obtained an Honour Degree in Classics. On the outbreak of war he joined the Artists’ Rifles, and served abroad, receiving a commission in the Lincolnshire Regiment in March, 1915. Being promoted Lieutenant, he was transferred to the R.F.C. in May, 1916. His commanding officer writes: ‘We are all very sorry to lose your son. He has done very good work since joining the squadron, and was really one of my best observers.’ His eldest brother, Maurice Tennant Carre, Australian Infantry, was killed at Lone Pine on September 2, 1915. Two remaining brothers, Captain M. H. Carre, M.C., and Second-Lieutenant G. T. Carre, are serving in the Royal West Kent Regiment, and have both been twice wounded. The Roll of Honour grows as the days pass. Hero follows hero. To give the names of all who have made the supreme sacrifice is impossible; neither can we hope to find fitting words of gratitude and praise. CHAPTER XXXV CONCLUSION In November, 1916, the famous French aviator, Lieutenant Guynemer, brought down his twenty-first enemy machine, thus establishing a new world’s record for aerial warfare. The duel was fought at an altitude of over two miles, after a chase of about forty-four miles, and was of a most dramatic nature. Suddenly Lieutenant Guynemer, whilst flying many miles behind the German lines, sighted a German squadron of two observation aeroplanes with an escort of two fighting machines heading for the French lines. There was nothing to prevent Lieutenant Guynemer giving immediate battle, except the fact that in the event of being forced to land he would fall within the German lines and be taken prisoner. He therefore took refuge behind some friendly clouds until the German squadron passed ahead of him, and then started the pursuit from behind, closing up sufficiently so that if he should be seen by the German anti-aircraft gunners from below he would be taken for one of the escorting German aeroplanes. For several miles he kept up the pursuit, concealing himself as much as possible from the German machines by keeping behind the clouds.