Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Notice of Death appears in Jersey Evening
Post of Friday 16 August 1918
Commemorated on St Paul's School Memorial, Jersey
Commemorated on St Paul's Church Memorial, Jersey
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Friday 16 August 1918
Roll of Honour. A few days ago Mrs Chappel
of 2 Grove Street, owing to a mis-reading of a telegram,
was under the impression that her husband, Private Sidney
T R Chappel of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, who has
been serving in the East for some 3 years, was arriving
on leave and proceeded to the pier to meet him only
to be disappointed. Her sorrow can thus be imagined
when we state that she has now received a telegram stating
that her husband passed away on Tuesday 6 August of
heat stroke at Basra. The deceased soldier, who was
31, was a reservist and was a popular and highly respected
member of the clerical staff of Orviss Ltd when he rejoined
the Colours at the outbreak of war. He had since been
serving in Gallipoli, Egypt and Mesopotamia. To the
widow, nee Miss Lillian Gaudin, and other relatives
we tender our heartfelt condolences.
