Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, near Bethune.
Son of
the late John Mallett of The Mitre Hotel, Broad Street, St Helier, Jersey. Husband
of Edith Margaret Mallett (nee Makin) of 9 Seale Street, St Helier, Jersey.
Killed
in action, aged 24 years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey Evening
Post of Wednesday 16 June 1915
Roll of Honour. Another Jerseyman Killed
at the Front. A letter which Mrs Mallett of 9 Seale
Street received yesterday from the Chaplain to 2/4 Black
Watch conveys the sad new of the death of her husband
at the Front. The Chaplain writes "I deeply
regret to have to intimate that your husband Private
S Mallett was killed on 2 June. His death was caused
by a bullet which I think hit him in the head but of
this I am not quite sure. There was no great battle
going on that day but in some way your husband must
have exposed himself to the fire of the enemy. There
were 4 men of the Machine Gun section killed that day
in the trench by shell but I know that was not the way
your husband was killed. Your trial is great but you
have the satisfaction of knowing he died in the noble
service of his Country. I am requested by the Colonel
and Officers to express to you their sympathy in your
time of trouble."
Private Mallett was a son of the late Mr John Mallett
of the Mitre Hotel, Broad Street.
Picture courtesy of Mike
& Rosemarie Thomas
