Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Mr and Mrs William Weed. He was an expert gardener having passed examinations which entitled him to the distinction of being a Fellow of the Horticultural Society. He held a good position at Llanfair on the Isle of Anglesey at the time war was declared, and previously had worked with his father in the gardens of the Priory in Ketton, Rutland. He enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was promoted to Lance Corporal in February 1915. He embarked for France on the 1st December 1915, and took part in the Battle of the Somme, and was killed by a shell during the terrible fighting in Mametz Wood . The Royal Welsh Fusiliers did that day deeds that covered them with undying glory. Before going into action they sang a hymn in Welsh, upon which the Colonel addressed them saying:- “Boys, make your peace with God! We are going to take that position, and some of us won’t come back. But we are going to take it.” Tying his handkerchief to his stick, he added, “This will show you where I am.” He was hit as he waved them on with his impromptu flag; but he rose, advanced, was hit again, and fell dead. At 6.30 that evening the south east of the wood had been cleared, and the Welshmen, flushed with success, were swarming out of the central ride. Lance Corporal Weed was a member of the Church of England’s Men’s Society, and the Llanfair members sent his parents an illuminated memorial card. His Commanding Officer writing to his parents said:- “He was an excellent soldier and fought as such. In your sorrow you have one consolation—your soldier son died fighting for his country in history’s greatest war.” A comrade wrote:- “He was a hero, a silent hero, one of those who have paved the way to the British victory.