TIES OF FRIENDSHIP
DUKE AND CORPORAL. The Duke of St. Albans sat by the bedside of a railway-checker William Jarrett, in West Kent Hospital, Maidstone, recently. The man was dying. For nearly 50 years the two had been friends. They had fought side by side in the South African war. the Duke as a captain, Jarrett as a corporal. They had ridden together through India and Egypt with the crack 17th Lancers. Their Army days over, Jarrett joined the Southern Railway staff and the duke returned to private life. But officer and corporal kept in touch. ImmedkTcely he heard that Jarrett was ill, the duke hurried to the hospital. Jarrett had strength only to say a few words to the duke. Then he died. The duke returned later with flowers for his friend. Jarrett was 65. The duke is 62.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 180, 31 July 1936, Page 3
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