Private Arthur Le Bas
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
23/09/1916
Youngest son of Edwin & Ada Le Bas of La
Presse, St Peter, Jersey
Killed in action, aged 21 years
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post
of Wednesday 10 January 1917
Roll of Honour. We would express our sympathy
with Mrs Edwin Le Bas of La Presse who has just learned
of the death of her youngest son, Private Arthur Le
Bas, of 2nd London Regiment. Private Le Bas had been
reported missing since the month of September when he
was in action with his Battalion in Northern France.
A day or so ago however the family received news from
the Chaplain of 2nd Londons which told them that the
young Jerseyman had laid down his life for his Country.
The Chaplain in his letter stated that Private Le Bas
was wounded on 23 September and that shortly after being
taken to a Dressing Station he passed away. The deceased
was in his 21st year and the Chaplain, in conveying
to the bereaved family the sympathy of the Battalion,
states that the men with whom he fought are proud of
him and will not forget he gave his life for England.
With the news of her son's death, which though a blow
to Mrs Le Bas, is better than the uncertainty of his
fate, came a slip conveying, as is usual in these cases,
the sympathy of His Majesty the King with the bereaved
family.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
