The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

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Evelyn (Sheerwater, Monkstown, Co. Cork), dau. of Dep. Surg. General Thomas Beaumont, I.M.S., and had a son, Errol Beaumont, _b._ 21 May, 1911. =GOODBURN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 8606, B Coy., 2nd Battn. Northampton Regt., 3rd _s._ of John James Goodburn. Midland Railway Carpenter, and nephew of William James Cox, of Melton Mowbray. _b._ Melton Mowbray, 26 Oct. 1887; educ. British School there; enlisted 1907; served in India, Aden, Malta and Egypt, where the regt. was when war broke out. They returned to England early in Oct. and went to France the following month. He was shot through the shoulder by a sniper, being killed instantaneously, while drawing rations for comrades, 27 Jan. 1915. Capt. L. Robinson wrote: “He was a good soldier.... I was with him when he died, and buried him myself.” His sixth brother, Sergt. George Henry Goodburn, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and his yst. brother joined the Canadian Cavalry in Ontario. =GOODCHILD, FRANK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 16829, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOODCHILD, JOHN WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 9752), 204966, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =GOODE, ERIC RALF=, Private, No. 420, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yr. _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of Edward Jones, of South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 30 May, 1893; educ. Kyre College, Adelaide, South Australia; was a Clerk in the employ of Messrs. Elder, Smith & Co., Adelaide; on the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25–26 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Anzac on the 26th; _unm._ Private Goode was a good cricketer and was captain of the cricket eleven at school. [Illustration: =Eric Ralf Goode.=] =GOODE, GORDON POWELL=, Corpl., No. 528, 3rd Australian Light Horse Regt., 1st Light Horse Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of the late William Goode, of Port Pirie, South Australia, Merchant, by his wife, Marion, dau. of J. Edward Jones, of South Australia; _b._ Port Pirie, South Australia, 22 Jan. 1886; educ. Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia, and studied medicine subsequently for some years at Edinburgh University, but returned to Australia without completing his course. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force; left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; served at the Dardanelles, July to Oct. 1915, being promoted Corpl. in Aug., and died in the Military Hospital at Alexandria, 16 Oct. 1915, of enteric, contracted while on active service in Gallipoli; _unm._ At Prince Alfred College he captained the tennis, football and cricket teams, and was also Capt. of Athletics and of the School Gymnastic Team. [Illustration: =Gordon Powell Goode.=] =GOODE, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4094), 190573, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOODHART, ERIC JOHN, D.C.M.=, Med. Milit., Sergt., No. 28055, 2nd Signal Coy. R.E., and Motor Dispatch Rider, only child of John Stella Goodhart, of Heath House, Donyland, Colchester, Colonial Farmer, J.P., Lieut. Essex National Reserve, Acting Intelligence Officer, 3rd Army Central Force, by his wife, Florence Marian, dau. of late Francis Cramp, of Beckenham, Kent; _b._ Fox Bay, Falkland Islands, South America, 13 Nov. 1893; and was educ. at Haileybury College and Clare College, Cambridge. He was in the O.T.C. at Haileybury, and got certificate A on leaving; he then joined the Cambridge O.T.C., in which he served for nearly a year with the rank of Corporal, and on the outbreak of war enlisted in the R.E. at Chatham, 6 Aug. 1914, as a Dispatch Rider. He was appointed Corpl. in charge of the 2nd Signal Coy., Motor Dispatch Riders, and soon after promoted Sergt. After three days at Chatham and four at Aldershot, he went to France, was a few days at Rouen, and then went up to Mons. During the famous retreat from that place he was in the rear guard, and afterwards was at the 2nd Division Headquarters at Ypres until Nov., when he was given five days’ leave. He arrived home at Colchester on the 24th; was taken ill with typhoid fever on the 27th, and died on 10 Dec. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in the old churchyard, East Donyland, on the 15th. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s despatch of 8 Oct. [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914: “For conveying messages under very dangerous circumstances by day and night, and never failing to deliver his messages,” and was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Conduct in the field on 8 Oct. 1914. He also received the French Médaille Militaire. He spoke German fluently and French, and in consequence of the former on several occasions (see article in London Magazine, July, 1915, p. 631) got safely through the Germans by telling them that he was masquerading in English uniform, but was really in the German Secret Service. Capt. Trench was standing talking to him when the first shell came into the 2nd Division Headquarters and killed Capt. Trench and two or three other officers, the only damage he then sustained was a cut thumb, broken revolver handle, and two spokes of motor cycle. Letters of high appreciation were received from General Sir C. C. Monro, General H. Heath, C.B., and General F. J. Maxse, etc. [Illustration: =Eric John Goodhart.=] =GOODHEW, THOMAS HENRY=, Stoker (R.F.R., B. 649), 353191, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOODINGS, JOHN=, Private, No. 5579, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of William Brown Goodings, of Southwick, Shipwright, in Messrs. W. Pickersgill and Son’s Yard, by his wife, Isabella; _b._ Southwick, Sunderland, 26 March, 1880; educ. Southwick Board School; served his apprenticeship at Pickersgills; enlisted in the Army in 1898; served through the South African War 1899–1902, and Mauritius 1903–06, and after serving his term, joined the Reserve, 1906. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was called up, and left for the Front with the 1st Battn. of his regt. and was killed in action at the Battle of Ypres, 6 May, 1915. Buried in La Clytte Cemetery; _unm._ Immediately Lord Kitchener made his appeal for recruits, Goodings’ four brothers enlisted. Following this their mother was taken very ill, and eventually appealed to Capt. John Smith, of the Salvation Army, to get her boys home. He made an appeal direct to Lord Kitchener, who wired a reply that the matter would have attention. The four boys arrived home on the same day, and the day following the application a wire came from John saying he had arrived at Southampton, being sent direct from the trenches to his dying mother. He arrived; the mother died; he returned to duty, and was killed a week later. =GOODREAN, GEORGE HENRY=, Rifleman, No. 238, 2nd South African Rifles, _s._ of George Goodrean, of 164, Washington Street, Fall River, Mass., U.S.A., by his wife, Alice; _b._ Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 16 Aug. 1889; served for some time in the American Navy; afterwards went to South Africa; joined the South African Rifles after the outbreak of war; and died at Luchenza, 10 Nov. 1915, from injuries sustained while on active service; _unm._ On 5 Nov. while bathing was taking place, he dived from the ship they were on in very shallow water and severely injured his head and spine. =GOODRICH, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7953), S.S. 103620, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOODSELL, CHARLES LEWIS=, Sapper, No. 2084, 1/3rd Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (T.F.), _s._ of Samuel Goodsell, of Netherfield, Kent; _b._ Netherfield, 11 Dec. 1875; educ. there; was a Wood Merchant; enlisted 12 May, 1915; left England for Salonica 1 Oct. 1915, and was drowned in H.M.S. Hythe, 28 Oct. 1915, when that ship was sunk off Cape Wells. He _m._ at Mountfield Church, 31 March, 1900, Caroline (45, Salisbury Road, Bohemia, St. Leonards-on-Sea), dau. of Henry Selmes, of Mountfield, and had three children: Charles Henry, _b._ 24 Dec. 1901; George Samuel, _b._ 27 Feb. 1904; and Winnifred Lucy, _b._ 3 Aug. 1906. [Illustration: =Charles Lewis Goodsell.=] =GOODSELL, PERCY=, Corpl., No. 2233, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regiment (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Thomas Goodsell, of the Laurels, Ruck Hill, Horsmonden, Kent, Gardener to Mr. P. Manwaring, of Horsmonden, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William George Kingham; _b._ Higham, Salehurst, Sussex, 31 May, 1893; educ. Salehurst and Brenchley Council Schools; was an Under Gardener to Mr. P. Foster, of Frant, Sussex; joined the 5th Sussex Territorials in March, 1910, and served four years; volunteered on the outbreak of war and rejoined 14 Aug. 1914; appointed Corpl. Nov.; went to France with his regt. in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May following; _unm._ Buried in the Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer. While with the Territorials he won the Silver Medal and held the Silver Cup for shooting for a year. Three of his brothers are on active service: Private Ernest Charles Goodsell, M.T., A.S.C.; Private Herbert George Goodsell, 3rd Reinft. 50th Battn. South Australians; Francis Edward Goodsell, Sig., H.M.S. Egmont. [Illustration: =Percy Goodsell.=] =GOODSHIP, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2608), 177348, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOODWIN, JOHN HENRY=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 183350, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOODWIN, SIDNEY ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17481, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =GORBEY, FRANK REUBEN=, Corpl., No. 8930, 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., _s._ of John W. Gorbey, Constable (retired), Royal Irish Constabulary, now of 92, Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, by his wife, Ellie, dau. of I. Huddy; _b._ Villierstown, Waterford, 13 Nov. 1889; joined 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt. at Dublin, 22 March, 1906; promoted Corpl. 15 Feb. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Hooge, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the grounds of the Chateau at Hooge. He distinguished himself at Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915, by bringing in wounded under fire and blowing up an enemy mine. Two of his brothers, one in the Irish Guards and one a Corpl. in the 7th Dragoon Guards, serving with the Expeditionary Force. Corpl. F. R. Gorbey had not met the latter brother for eight years, but a few days before he was killed they met during an action. A comrade wrote that: “A braver soldier or truer comrade never lived. He died as a brave man, with a smile on his face, and was mourned by his regt. as a true comrade.” His comrade placed a cross over his grave giving full particulars of how he died. His brother-in-law, Coy. Sergt.-Major Charles Abbot, 1st Royal Irish Regt., was also killed in action in May, 1915. [Illustration: =Frank R. Gorbey.=] =GORDON, ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2409, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Andrew Gordon, Farm Steward at High Ashurst to Lord Harrowby (died 1899), by his wife, Edith Ellen (19, Parkhurst Road, Sutton), dau. of Daniel Sharp; _b._ Warren Farm, High Ashurst, Mickleham, Dorking, co. Surrey, 14 Aug. 1896; educ. London Orphan School, Watford, Herts (1904–7), and on leaving there entered the employ of Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Scottish in Aug. 1914; went to the Front, Jan. 1915, and died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, being buried in Noeux les Mines Cemetery; _unm._ His Platoon Sergt. wrote: “He was a splendid fellow and esteemed by everybody.” [Illustration: =Alexander Gordon.=] =GORDON, GEORGE DUFF=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., _s._ of Robertson Barclay Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of Elginshire; _b._ Elgin, 16 July, 1894; educ. Elgin Academy; Ardvreck, Crieff, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 Jan. 1913, promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. following, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March,

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1. Chapter 1 2. 1911. Sergt. Abbott’s brother-in-law, Corpl. Frank R. Gorbey, D.C.M., 3. 1911. There he joined the Commonwealth Forces as a Staff-Sergt.-Major, 4. 53. Private Appleyard escaped without a scratch, though a bullet passed 5. 1911. At the outbreak of war he volunteered, and was killed in action 6. 1914. Lieut.-Col. Clinton-Baker was one of four officers R.I.R.--out 7. 1915. At the Battle of St. Julien the 10th Battn. was assigned the 8. 1915. Commander Ballard was last seen on the bridge of the Formidable 9. 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak 10. 1894. He was Sub-Lieut. of the last-named ship, flying the broad 11. 1914. Major W. A. Payn (his commanding officer), writing to his widow, 12. 1912. He saw much foreign service, serving in Crete, Malta, Gibraltar, 13. 1914. “On a particular occasion,” 20 Sept., during the Battle of the 14. 1914. His two brothers are (1916) on active service--Prince Alexander 15. 1915. He _m._ at Liverpool, 7 Oct. 1899, Margaret (14, Bowles 16. 1914. A noted boxer in the Service, he was in 1910 the heavyweight 17. 1913. He saw foreign service in China and the Cape, and was also with 18. 1914. His battn. was selected to lead the attack near Hulluch on 25 19. 1883. He commenced his education at the Grange (Preparatory) School, 20. 1913. After the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Expeditionary 21. 1909. He was connected mainly with the Oval Road Boys’ School, and 22. 1915. It was while at London University that he entered the Officers’ 23. 1915. For some time he was A.D.C. to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 24. 1915. He was buried at a farm on the north side of the Rue Wasselot, 25. 1914. He served in South Africa, Mauritius and India, and with the 26. 1902. He _m._ at Colgate, Faygate, Sussex, 25 Nov. 1909, Elsie 27. 1913. When war was declared he volunteered for Imperial Service, was 28. 1907. After the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, 29. 1914. His body was brought home and buried at St. Margaret’s Cemetery, 30. 1900. He served through the Waziri Campaign in 1901, for which he 31. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 10 March, 1915, and was 32. 1914. Major Buckingham _m._ at Harrietsham, 2 June, 1908, Mabel 33. 1915. He was buried in the cemetery Noeux des Mines; _unm._ His 34. 1915. Buried side by side with two of his cousins, who were killed in 35. 1914. In the fighting near Neuve Chapelle on 12 March, 1915, he was 36. 1908. On the outbreak of the European War he went to France with the 37. 1915. He was buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ 38. 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next 39. 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; 40. 1914. The Capt. wrote that he was just returning to his place in the 41. 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and 42. 1912. Capt. Glover wrote: “I personally have known the Sergt.-Major for 43. 1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway, 44. 1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the 45. 1914. On the morning of 13 Oct. he was wounded, but he fought gallantly 46. 1914. He was promoted Tempy. Lieut. 14 Jan. 1915, and Lieut. 1 Feb. 47. 1915. On the latter date he was one of a party of volunteers sent to 48. 1915. Private Coles _m._ at Leiston, Suffolk, 4 March, 1911, 49. 1908. There he was for some time in the North-West Mounted Police, and 50. 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department 51. 20. He was full of keenness and enthusiasm about it, as he was always 52. 1914. He left New Zealand with the Main Expeditionary Force, was 53. 1915. He _m._ at The Oratory, Brompton, London, 26 April, 1906, 54. 1915. He served in France and Flanders, was seriously wounded in action 55. 1914. 2nd Lieut. Hewett wrote: “He was with my platoon when he was 56. 1910. He joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of 57. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “I can assure you your husband was a 58. 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General 59. 26. Buried at Lillebeck. 60. 1915. He was a keen cricketer and fond of sports generally, and was a 61. 1909. He took a leading part as an officer in Worksop College Cadet 62. 1911. He served with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. through the retreat 63. 1915. A companion wrote that he and the officer whose servant he was, 64. 1915. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Shorncliffe. He _m._ 65. 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Bob went up again to the trenches, and 66. 1914. He _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1909 (--) (11, Martin Street, 67. 1913. He went to the Front with the first Expeditionary Force in Aug. 68. 1905. His next elder brother, Capt. J. S. S. Dunlop, had been killed in 69. 1915. His Col. wrote very highly of him and his work. 70. 1914. He was only 18, and was _unm._ 71. 1915. He _m._ at Montreal, 19 Dec. 1894, May L. (791, University 72. 1915. He was buried in the grounds of the Chateau of Elzenwalle, near 73. 1906. Quartermaster-Sergt. Finch had the Long Service and Good Conduct 74. 1905. He _m._ at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, 17 Feb. 1892, 75. 1915. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir J. French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 76. 1915. He _m._ at Kenmare, 2 Sept. 1902, Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy 77. 1911. He was Commander of the London, as flagship of Rear-Admiral 78. 1914. He _m._ at Shorncliffe, 1904, Louisa, dau. of Henry Kent; 79. 1909. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service; was 80. 1914. He died at Verneuil, 16 Sept. 1914, of wounds received at the 81. 1914. He was appointed Corpl., left for Malta three days later (4 82. 1900. He passed through the Staff College 1902 to Dec. 1903; served in 83. 1915. He obtained a Junior Classical Scholarship at Cheltenham College, 84. 1902. He played in the Freshman’s Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, 85. 1915. He _m._ at Sparkbrook, Birmingham, 6 Aug. 1910, Alice, dau. 86. 1915. He was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915, and was buried in the 87. 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane 88. 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ 89. 1913. He took a keen interest in rowing, and was spare man for both his 90. 1915. He _m._ at Brounton Hill, Liverpool, 6 June, 1908, Constance 91. 1915. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, 3 July, 1905,

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