The husband died in the battle and never came back.
Seem to have had a child, who died in the battle.
It would be with him until he left the army, or died in battle.
"How do you tell someone their son died in battle?"
He knows he's going to die in the coming battle!
He was the last English king to die in battle.
To die in battle is a great and good thing to you.
Or would he die in battle soon, and never have time again to read another book?
He is thus the last of Paul's close friends to die in battle.
Two of his brothers had died in battle before him.