 Heavy rains came and washed away the soil from over the graves, and one morning Chenevix-Trench and his fellow prisoners emerged from their camp amidst rows of protruding bones clad with rotting flesh.Despite it all, he kept up his classical studies, remembering his fondness for Shrewsbury School by translating "A Shropshire Lad" into Latin, and gave talks to his fellow prisoners about Greek literature.He was also remembered as a man who took mortal risks to barter for the food that might keep men alive a few days longer.