Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookorge Goldsmith, of Southwold, Dealer, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of John Hurr, of Southwold, Fisherman; _b._ Southwold, co. Suffolk, 29 May, 1888; educ. St. Edmund's School there; was a butcher; enlisted 30 Jan. 1915; went to France 3 March, 1915, and died 25 April, 1915, of wounds received in action there. He _m._ in London, 26 Dec. ..., Matilda Kathleen, dau. of (--) Shaw, and had a son, Thomas Olaf, _b._ 6 April, 1914. [Illustration: =Thomas Mark Goldsmith.=] =GOLDSTON, LIONEL EMANUEL=, Rifleman, No. 2130, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) London Regt. (T.F); 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Nehemiah Goldston, Minister (for 26 years) of the South East London Synagogue, New Cross, S.E.; _b._ New Cross, 29 Sept. 1895; educ. Mantle Road Secondary School, S.E.; at the age of 17 joined the staff of the "Société Generale" Bank in Regent Street, where he showed great ability; joined the Surrey Rifles three days after the declaration of war (7 Aug.), went to the Front with them in March, 1915, was present at the Battle of Festubert and was killed in action at Givenchy, 30 May following; _unm._ He was buried at Windy Corner near that place. His company commander, Capt. C. W. B. Hislop, in reporting his death, wrote that he "had fulfilled his duties thoroughly," and that his last words were: "I am all right, Sir." [Illustration: =Lionel E. Goldston.=] =GOLDSWORTHY, ALFRED ERNEST=, Private, No. 18194, 1st Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of William Goldsworthy, Miner, by his wife, Ann; _b._ Frizington, Cumberland, 10 Dec. 1886; educ. Church School there; went to Canada, 18 March, 1907; enlisted on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 30 April, 1915. He _m._ at Laxey, Isle of Man, 3 Jan. 1915, Ellen Elizabeth (Sea View Bungalow, Maughold, Ramsey, Isle of Man), yst. dau. of the late John Keen, Joiner; _s.p._ =GOLIGHTLY, WILLIAM=, A.B., S.S. 3110, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOLLOP, ALPHONSO=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 806), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOLPHIN, JOHN RENNER=, Private, No. 2304, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), only _s._ of George Golphin, of 14, Holme Avenue, Walkerville, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Foreman Shunter, N.E.R., by his wife, Mary Murdie, only dau. of the late Anthony Renner, Farmer; _b._ Heaton, Newcastle, 26 Aug. 1888: educ. Council Schools there and Skerry's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne; and on leaving the latter in 1903, became a Clerk in the Forth Goods Station, N.E.R. He was a bugler in the Band of the Royal Engineers Volunteers, Newcastle, 1906-09, and when war broke out, enlisted 6 Sept. 1914; went to France with his regiment, 19 April, 1915, and died 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action in the heavy fighting at St. Julien on the 26th. He was buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery, France; _unm._ Private Golphin was a member of the N.E.R. cricket and footballers clubs, and also played for the Hexham County Association Football Club, 1912-13, and was a prominent member of the N.E.R. Institute Billiard Team. [Illustration: =John Renner Golphin.=] =GOMES, MANOEL ANTONIO=, Gunner, No. 40530, 2nd Battery, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Manoel Gomes Beinhos, of the Island of Madeira, by his wife, Joqina, dau. of Antonio de Jesus, of Nossa Senhora da Monte, Madeira, and nephew of Manuel de Jesus, of 14, Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, British Guiana; Merchant; _b._ Madeira, 24 May, 1892; went to British Guiana in 1902 and entered the employ of his uncle there; joined the B.G. Militia (No. 2291, No. 7 Coy.), 5 Oct. 1909; went to Canada, 5 May, 1913, and entered the Ontario Business College in Belleville, and on leaving there obtained a post with the Grand Trunk Railway; volunteered on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914 and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; left for England with the 34th Battery in the first contingent Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb. and was killed in action at the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, a shell bursting directly under his horse, when bringing up ammunition. He was buried near the wagon lines between the Brielen Road and the Yser Canal, and a cross with his name, etc., was erected by his comrades. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Manoel Antonio Gomes.=] =GONELLA, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 9716, Machine Gun Section, 2nd Battn. Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of Joseph William Gonella, of 82, Pomeroy Street, New Cross, by his wife, Juliet, dau. of Charles Perkins, of St. Lukes]; _b._ Nunhead, S.E., 20 June, 1890; educ. Kender Street Council School, New Cross; enlisted 6 Oct. 1909, and at the time war broke out was a Fitter at the Brixton Garage, of the British Motor Cab Co.; mobilised 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with the First Expeditionary Force, served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, etc., and was severely wounded in the attack on Hill 60 on 22 April, 1915, and again later in the day while being carried off the field, the two Ambulance men being killed. He was sent to the First Eastern Hospital at Cambridge, where he died, 6 May, 1915. He was a fine all round athlete and winner of many boxing competitions. He _m._ at St. Jude's Church, Peckham, 10 Sept. 1911, Rose, dau. of William French, of Falkner Street, New Cross, S.E., and had two daus.: Martha Juliet, _b._ 18 July, 1912, and Alice Rose, _b._ 18 Dec. 1914. [Illustration: =Joseph William Gonella.=] =GOOCH, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 34), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOODAIR, HUGH JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17409, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =GOODBODY, HENRY EDGAR=, Capt., 4th. attd. 1st. Battn. Leinster Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Henry Goodbody, of T. H. & E. Goodbody, Tea Merchants, Tower Street, London, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of (--) Paterson; _b._ Dublin, 10 Nov. 1884; educ. Monkton Combe Senior School, Bath and Trinity College, Dublin; gazetted to the 4th Battn. Leinster Regt., was promoted Lieut. in the Reserve Battn., 16 Dec. 1911, and Capt., 1 Feb. 1915; was attached to the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1911-12, and was seconded for service as Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, from Oct. 1913 to July, 1914. On the outbreak of war, he was home on leave; rejoined his old regt. and went to France, Jan. 1915, attached to the 1st Battn. He was killed in action near Ypres, 12 May, 1915. Capt. Goodbody was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatches of 31 May, 1915. He _m._ at St. Philip's Church, Milltown, Dublin, Jane 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 |