South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | British War & Victory Medals | Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 11 Jan 1917 at Havre aboard SS Caesarea | ~ | Long Compton |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Date Mobilised |
| Battle of Arras | 15 Dec 1915 at Stratford on Avon | 19 Aug 1916 at Plymouth |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Baupume (see below) | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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John is listed as being killed in action on 16 May 1917 by the premature explosion of a shell in the gun he was manning. The war diary for that day is transcribed below: Map Reference [57c.]H.33.b.12.90 - East of Arras - 16th May 1917: Fired 254 rounds during the day. Premature in bore of gun no 691. No 110960 Gunner J.W. Gould killed. No 73695 A/Bomb J Hamill died of wounds in No 142 Field Ambulance. Both buried in Military Cemetery at [57c]G.26.b.8.6. [Faubourg D'Amiens] END Click here to plot these references on a WW1 Trench Map |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Apr Qtr 1890 in Long Marston | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| John and Mary Gould | Orchard Cottage, Long Marston |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1891 - Railway Crossing, Marston Sicca | 1911 - Farm Labourer |
| 1901 - Village, Marston Sicca | 1915 - Coal Carter |
| 1911 - The Barn, Lower Quinton | |
| 1915 - Long Marston |