From later information received by Mrs Wiseman (of Kingston-on-Thames), sister of the deceased officer, it appears that he was not killed in action but died on active service. In a letter to Mrs Wiseman, Colonel Patterson writes:..."He went to draw rations with a transport convoy and after arrival at the ration dump and while waiting for the horses to finish a feed he had given them, some camels and these frightened the horses. Your brother instantly sprang at the bolting horses but they were going to fast to enable him to pull them up, with the result that he was knocked down and the wheels of the wagon went over him. He was immediately taken to hospital and everything possible done to save his life - but alas, he died this morning. Your brother in his gallant attempt to stop the runaways knew that he was risking his life but I need not tell you who know him so well that his life was the last thing he thought of where his duty was concerned. I went to see him myself and we had a cheerful talk for a few minutes. He smiled affectionately when I spoke of you, and told him how much your efforts on behalf of our men had added to their comforts. He was loved by everybody in the battalion, officers and men alike, and his death has cast a gloom over the camp. I never met a more painstaking or conscientious officer, and I can ill spare him indeed. The Chaplain (the Rev. L. A. Falk) was with him yesterday and he is officiating at the funeral this afternoon. All our hearts go out to you in sympathy. It will be a consolation to you, however, to know he died as he lived, sacrificing himself for the good and safety of others.

Lieut. Wolffe, of the Judeans, who was killed in action on the 20th ist. was the son of Mr Sam Wolffe, the well-known swimmer. He was born at Glasgow in 1881. Early in 1915 he joined the Queen's Surrey Regiment and was later transferred to the 38th Batt. Royal Fusiliers (The Judeans) under Col. Patterson's command. He left England with the battalion in January last, and already stated in these columns, was the first member of the Judeans to fall in action in Palestine.
Major William Schonfield, in a letter to Mrs. Max Wiseman of Kingston-on-Thames, the deceased sister writes: "He was a splendid type of Jew, and throughout his service, as I happen to know, worked hard in the interests of Jewish soldiers. All who came into contact with him loved him for his earnestness and devotion to duty, and I am sure that he would have wished no better death than to fall on holy soil. I had frequent opportunities of seeing him, and it was always a pleasure to met to see not how little but how much he cold do for the Jewish lads in and out of hospital wherever he was stationed. He has nobly fulfilled his task on earth."
A simple, brave and manly soul has passed away in the person of Bernard Wolffe who has been killed in action. Many, I am sure will mourn his loss, for he was of that type of man in whom are combined all the qualities that make a good Jew, and a fine son of our Empire. He was proud to belong to our ancient race and happy to serve England. We loved to listen to his tales of adventure in foreign parts, where many a time he had faced and evaded death. It was perhaps for this reason, combined with his cheer optimism, that we always looked for his safe return - even from the battlefield. Alas, that was not to be and his name is now added to the long list of martyrs who have died in order that men shall be free. Bernard Wolffe was keenly interested in the Jewish regiment. Although extremely modest in speaking of himself, we were able to gather from his conversation how many sets of brotherly kindness he had performed for "the boys," how zealous he was for their welfare, how anxious for their good name! He has no made the final sacrifice and those who know him best feel that it was keeping with his whole life, which was one of honest purpose and high endeavour - From Florence E. Lewis.