The Taunton Courier 22 Sep 1915 Our Local Roll of Honour Brothers Killed in Gallopoli Private Harry JEWELL and Teddy JEWELL R.A.M.C.

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The Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser Wednesday 22 Sep 1915

Page 3 Column 3 & 4


Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori.”

OUR LOCAL ROLL OF HONOUR.


BROTHERS KILLED IN GALLIPOLI.

BOTH KING'S SCOUTS


Official intimation was received this week of the deaths in the Gallipoli Peninsula of Private Harry JEWELL and Teddy JEWELL, sons of Mrs. JEWELL, of Galmington, near Taunton.

The brothers were formerly King's Scouts, and until their enlistment after the outbreak of war were actively engaged in Scout work, and were leaders in the Wilton Troop. They also assisted in guarding railways in early August, 1914, and later, their ambulance training in the Scouts being of much service, they joined the Royal Army Medical Corps. Harry, who had fifteen proficiency badges, was nearly 22 years of age, while Teddy, who had eleven proficiency badges, was twenty.

The sad news was first received from Private H. J. OATEN, of the R.A.M.C., a nephew of Mrs. JEWELL, whose parents also live at Galmington. He wrote under date August 19th as follows:- “It is very hard work out here for the R.A.M.C., as it is all very rough hills. It will be a good job when it is all over. There is no rest, for the noise of the big guns is a terrible row. We have had five of our stretcher-bearers wounded up to now, and our corporal was hit by my side. I missed it all right, thank God, but I heard some very sad news yesterday. I really don't know how to tell you, and I don't know how poor Aunt Mary will be when she hears the awful news. It gave me a great shock, and I nearly dropped when I heard it. Poor Ted and Harry were reported killed on Tuesday, and I went to their ambulance to find out what I could about the poor boys. They were all very much upset, and could only tell me the worst. I have not been able to see the poor boys, as they were very near the trenches. I was up there myself Tuesday night, and the firing was awful. Do kindly tell poor Aunt Mary how I feel it, and how very sorry I am to write such sad news. May God give her and Harry strength to bear their great trouble. Tell her they died doing their duty for their King and country, and for the brave boys in the trenches who are fighting for our liberty and the dear folks at home. I can assure you they were doing gallant work. We are all doing our bit out here, and the fighting boys in the trenches are very proud and glad to have us to get them away when they are wounded. It is very trying work, but we shall stick it as long as we have our health and strength. I hope I may be spared to come home and see you all again.”


THE LATE PRIVATE H. JEWELL.
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THE LATE PRIVATE E. JEWELL.

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Lieut.-Colonel H. LANDER, the officer commanding the 32nd Field Ambulance, wrote on August 29th: “It is with extreme regret that I have to report the deaths of your two sons on the 17th inst., when nobly performing their duty. The party which they were with suffered heavily, as they got in front of our lines and under aerial fire from the Turks at close range. Your youngest son was the first to be hit, and your other son, seeing him fall, went back, but finding his brother dead he rejoined, only to be hit himself shortly afterwards. You have every reason to be proud of your boys. They were noble fellows beloved by all in my unit, and feared not death when faced and surrounded by the enemy.”

The Rev. J. M. BASTARD, until recently vicar of Wilton, writing from Llandrindod Wells to Mrs. JEWELL, says: “I have heard with the profoundest sorrow of your terrible loss. My heart is with you and yours in this the greatest anguish your life has ever known. Words cannot express the sympathy I feel for you in the awful trouble which has overtaken you. In such matters we can but bow the head to the Divine decree and say: 'Thy will be done.' There is comfort in knowing that dear Harry and Teddy were most good and affectionate sons, and that they have died in doing their duty, and their names are inscribed on the Roll of Honour.” Mr. BASTARD also refers to a memorial service which he proposed to hold in Galmington Church on Wednesday or Thursday, and which took place on the latter day.

In a kind letter of sympathy Scoutmaster F. C. HARTNELL wrote that as they were his oldest boys in Sunday School and Scouts, he was more than usually attached to them. They were manly, straightforward lads, and he felt certain that could they choose they would both do the same again for their King and country. Most of their old chums in the Scouts Troop were now away, but several had asked him to express their sympathy. With all the boys they were very popular, and those last few weeks at Poole (guarding the railway) would always remain a special reminder of them. Mr. HARTNELL added that he was sending a set of cords which Harry won, but was not present to receive and suggested that if Mrs. JEWELL would like all their badges properly mounted as a memento he would be only too pleased to do that small service.

Mr. J. WAYE, the leader of the Bible Class to which the deceased lads belonged, writing to Mrs. JEWELL, said: “I had the greatest hopes for their future, for they were lads possessing the highest principles, devoted to you and Mr. JEWELL and all the family, doing with all their might their daily tasks, and striving to live straight, wholesome, and useful lives. They were two splendid specimens of young Englishmen, by the loss of whom the country will be the poorer, while for you and yours there will be a blank never to be filled on earth.”

A lady residing in Bristol, who had been on a visit to Galmington, has sent to Mrs. JEWELL a beautiful expression of sympathy in the form of verses “written for the mother of Harry and Ted JEWELL, who fell side by side in the discharge of their duty on August 17th, 1915.” The signature of the writer is Alice EDWARDS.


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