According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, there were eight soldiers named "William McBride", and a further six listed as "W. McBride", who died in France or Belgium during the First World War but none matches the soldier in the song.
Berdasarkan Commonwealth War Graves Commission, ada delapan prajurit yang bernama Willie McBride dan kemudian ada enam prajurit bernama W. McBride yang meninggal di Prancis atau Belgia selama Perang Dunia I dan tidak ada yang cocok dengan prajurit yang ada di Lagu.