Private Edgar Thomas Howard
1st/5th Battalion, Somerset Light
Infantry
10/10/1918
Eldest son of Edgar & Ada Howard
of 52 Garden Lane, St Helier, Jersey.
One of two brothers who both fell. Brother of Private
Robert
Vernon Howard.
Died, aged 23 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Tuesday 15 October 1918
Roll of Honour. Yesterday we stated that
Mr & Mrs E Howard of 52 Garden Lane had received
news that their eldest son, Private E T Howard of the
Somerset Light Infantry, was lying ill at Alexandria
with malaria, and we now announce with sincere regret
that the gallant lad passed away on 10 October. The
deceased soldier was well known and greatly respected
locally, he being employed at the GPO. He was transferred
to Ilchester as postman and shortly after the outbreak
of war joined the Somersets, with whom he travelled
to India, later being transferred to the Egyptian theatre
of war. He had been serving in this campaign for a couple
of years and now, and, in the hour of victory, has unfortunately
succumbed to disease. Much sympathy will be felt for
the parents whose second son, Bob Howard of the Royal
Army Medical Corps, was drowned when the Transylvania
was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. We tender the bereaved
family our heartfelt condolences.
(Photograph courtesy
of Jared
from Find-A-Grave.com)