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 | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Faubourg-D´Amiens Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 27 Dec 1915 in France | ~ | Alveston |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Arras | September 1915 at Stratford on Avon | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| SE of Arras | ~ | |
Circumstances of Death
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William is listed as being killed in action on 6th April 1917. The war diary entried for the 5th, 6th and 7th April are transcribed below. Arras - 5th April 1917 - Z day: No hostile shelling worth recording. Operations carried on with good results. X/29 had one adapter bush and one extension frame damaged by shell fire. Y/29 had one bed broken. Arras - 6th April 1917: X day: All battery positions heavily shelled by 5.9", 4.2" and 7.7cm guns. Firing continued whenever possible. X & Y/12 had three guns buried. X/12 had also one extension frame and one traversing plate broken. Arras - 7th April 1917: Q day: No shelling on positions of any consquence to report and operations continued satisfactorily. Casualties to equipment one extension frame damage and one bed broken. END |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1895 at Tiddington | 24 Feb 1895 at Alveston |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| John Goodwin and Mary Eliza Cox | Tiddington |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1895 - Tiddington | 1911 - Farm labourer |
| 1901 - Tiddington | |
| 1911 - 19 Wimpstone, Whitchurch | |
| 1917 - Tiddington |