Bryan,
It is wrong in so many ways!. ‘If’ did not appear until 1910 (in ‘Rewards and Fairies’) and I’m not aware that it was particularly addressed to John. Kipling later said that it was about Jameson. It certainly became a model held up for youth to ascribe to, not entirely to Kipling’s liking.
John’s name was inscribed on the wall to the missing at Loos ‘Dud Corner’ cemetery, and Kipling and Carrie certainly saw that when they attended the opening. Reportedly they were much affected by it.There was no individual grave until the CWGC changed the attribution of one in the 1990s.
Whether the photograph even shows Kipling must be questioned. I have not noticed that he was a bow-tie man!
Mike
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Subject: RK in WWI website
The Times 16 Oct p9 had a news item " Kipling and the King ...WWI" . re a new CWGC website commemorating WWI, including "Rudyard Kipling visiting his son's memorial".
I did not think that there was a memorial to John that RK would have visited before the headstones were installed. Is this website correct?
Bryan Diamond
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