Second Lieutenant Hallowes displayed throughout these days the greatest bravery and untiring energy, and set a magnificent example to his men during four heavy and prolonged bombardments.

On more than one occasion he climbed up on the parapet, utterly regardless of danger, in order to put fresh heart into his men.

Even after he was mortally wounded he continued to cheer those around him and to inspire them with fresh courage.He died on 30 September 1915, and is buried at Bedford House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Zillebeke, near Ypres.

[1] Hallowes' Victoria Cross is held as part of the collections of the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London.

There is a memorial to Rupert Hallowes on the ground floor of Neath Port Talbot Hospital at the entrance into 'Out Patients'.