Halle Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Notice of Death appears in Jersey
Evening Post of Saturday 4 January 1919
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening Post of Wednesday 1 January
1919
A Sad Tragedy - Sergeant Bert Le Dain
Accidentally Killed. After passing through 3 years of
the warfare in France and being expected to arrive in
Jersey almost any day on a well earned leave, it will
come as a great shock to the many friends of Sergeant
Bert Le Dain to hear that he has been accidentally killed
in France.
Mrs Le Dain, who resides at 51 New Bath
Street, yesterday received the tragic news in the following
letter "Dear Mrs Le Dain, It is with the deepest
regret that I have to send you this note to tell you
your husband was accidentally killed on the afternoon
of 19th December. I was not present at the time of the
accident but it appears your husband slipped off the
trail of a gun and was run over by a wheel, death being
instantaneous. He was with us so short a time but even
so had shown himself a most excellent Sergeant and was
fast becoming popular with the men. It is very difficult
to write letters such as these for I feel very grieved
to have lost such a good man and know how sad it must
be for you. At a time like this when the fighting is
over it seems extremely hard some of us should lose
our dear ones, but the One Above knows best. Try hard
to bear your loss bravely for the sake of your children.
He will be given a military funeral tomorrow. Please
accept the deepest sympathy of all his comrades and
myself. Yours sincerely, H S GODDEN. Lieutenant RASC".
The late Sergeant, who was close on 40,
was a well known mechanic at Thompson & Co and joined
the Royal Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) in 1915.
As stated previously he had seen considerable service
in France since then and the news of his tragic death
at the close of hostilities comes as an overwhelming
blow to the widow, who is left with two children, and
to whom we offer our sincere sympathy.
