Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booked 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, 1915. He was buried in Estaires Cemetery; _unm._ [Illustration: =George Duff Gordon.=] =GORDON, JAMES WILLIAM NUGENT=, Lieut., 5th (Angus and Dundee) Battn. (Royal Highlanders) The Black Watch (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Montgomerie Gordon, Assistant Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Trinidad, by his wife, Constance Lucretia, yst. dau. of the late Sir Oliver Nugent, and gdson. of the late James Loudon Gordon, of Brechin, Solicitor; _b._ Island of Montserrat, West Indies, 18 Oct. 1894; educ. Aldenham School, co. Herts, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; and went to Birmingham University in 1913, to study mining engineering. He obtained a commission in the 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Black Watch, 19 July, 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; was promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. 1914; arrived in France with his Battn., 1 Nov. 1914, and was killed instantaneously in action, in the trenches at Neuve Chapelle, 22 Feb. 1915, being shot through the head. He was buried with many others of the Battn. in an orchard close to the billets of the 5th Battn. Black Watch, near Neuve Chapelle, in "Black Watch Lane"; _unm._ [Illustration: =James W. N. Gordon.=] =GORDON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 24483, 13th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late William Gordon, by his wife, Alice (40, Princess Street, Consett, Durham), dau. of Joseph Turnbull; _b._ Murton Colliery, 188-; was a Miner; went to Canada in 1910; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of war; came over with the first Contingent; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 22 May, 1915; _unm._ =GORDON, ROBERT FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 3223, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Capt. Robert Keith Gordon, R.A.M.C. (died 17 Jan. 1892), by his wife, Caroline (59, Hunter Road, Southsea), dau. of |