Private Harvey Francis Despres
2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
01/10/1918
1914-15 Star
Second son of the late Mr & Mrs George Joshua Despres
of 4 Great Union Street, St Helier, Jersey
Died of malaria, aged 23 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Saturday 5 October 1918
Jersey Soldier in Hospital. Mrs Despres
of 4 Great Union Street has received news that Private
Despres of the Dorset Regiment was admitted to hospital
in Kantara on 30 September dangerously ill.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Wednesday 9 October 1918
Roll of Honour. A few days ago we announced
that Mrs Despres of 4 Great Union Street had received
official news that her second son, Private H F Despres
of the Dorset Regiment, was lying seriously ill with
malaria and we now regret to state that the mother has
received news that the soldier passed away on 1 October.
The gallant lad enlisted in 1912, he being then 17,
he served some years in India and was then sent to Salonika.
He had previously been wounded twice and has now succumbed
to the dreaded fever aged 23. We tender the bereaved
family our sincere sympathy.
