 He commanded the company 's 1st Battery at Fleurbaix , Messines and on the Somme until 5 August , when he was wounded in a duel with a German officer at Pozières . He and a German officer — who was leading an attack against Cherry 's position — were exchanging shots from neighbouring shell @-@ holes . Eventually , they both rose , firing simultaneously . The German officer hit Cherry in the neck but was mortally wounded by Cherry in return . Cherry approached the dying man , who pulled a package of letters from his pocket , and asked Cherry to have them censored and posted . Cherry promised to do so and the German handed over the letters , with the words ; " And so it ends " . He died shortly afterwards . As a result of his wounds , Cherry was evacuated to England for treatment . 
