Blargies Communal Cemetery Extension, Oise.
NEWS ITEM in
Jersey Evening Post of Monday 10 March 1919
Jersey
Soldier's Tragic Death. One of life's saddest tragedies has been revealed
in the lamentable death of Rifleman William (Willie) Remy, one of the original
Jersey Company, at Abbencourt Stationary Hospital on Wednesday evening. The deceased
soldier had been right through the campaign without injury and on Sunday 2 March
was expected to leave the theatre of war for Jersey. His wife, who resides at
56 King Street had been daily expecting his arrival and in fact yesterday her
mother went down to the pier fully assured that the soldier would be on board
the Pembroke. Our readers can then judge the great shock the wife received on
the delivery of the days mail when she was handed two letters, one bearing outside
the tragic words "Re Death of Husband". The first, dated Wednesday,
stated that the Rifleman had been admitted to hospital suffering from a fractured
femur and was considered dangerously ill; the next conveyed the sad information
that Rifleman Remy died at 11pm having been admitted in the early afternoon in
a collapsed condition as the result of a railway accident. The under matron added
"He was quite conscious and talked about being on the way home. Shortly
afterwards he was very quiet and remained so until he died". The accident
is apparently that mentioned in our columns on Thursday in which, near Amiens,
several wagons containing soldiers on leave were in collision with a second train
in which soldiers were travelling. At that time 10 dead and 25 wounded had been
discovered. The late soldier, who was highly respected both in civil life and
in the Army, was in in his 26th year. Our readers will join us in tendering our
heartfelt sympathy to the young widow in the tragic manner in which her natural
joy and hope of seeing her husband has been transformed into the most poignant
grief
