field of honour
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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On the whole a good riddance for his people, I should say, especially if he died on the field of honour.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir
The name of a former colonel, Don Pedro Elio, "who died gloriously on the field of honour," like Latour d'Auvergne, first grenadier of France, is also borne on the rolls of the Princess's.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
It was destined for the gratuitous education of the children of the military killed in the field of honour, and of public functionaries who might happen to die in the discharge of their office.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
The garden is cut by a long alley which can serve as the field of honour.
From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah
Trevelyan, Hilaire Belloc, Edward Thomas who died on the field of honour in April, 1917, and Francis Ledwidge, who was killed in Flanders.
From Shandygaff by Morley, Christopher
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