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Brig.Gen. John Edmund Gough VC.
British Army General Staff
from:Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
(d.22nd Feb 1915)
Brigadier General John Edmond Gough, V.C., C.B., C.M.G., was A.D.C. to H. M. the King and Chief of Staff of the 1st Army British Expeditionary Force in France. He was the younger son of Gen. Sir Charles Gough, V.C., G.C.B. born Oct. 25, 1871, he died at Estaires on 22nd of February 1915 of wounds inflicted on the 20th of February and was created after his death a Knight Commander of the Bath, in recognition of his most distinguished service in the field.
He served with distinction with the Rifle Brigade in the Campaigns in British Central Africa, 1896 and in Egypt and fought a great fight in France & Flanders from August 1914 until his death.
Bmbdr. Mark Gough
British Army 159th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Hay Mills, Birmingham
Pte. Albert Gould
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Shipley
(d.6th May 1918)
Nobody in my family spoke about the first world war and I only found out about my great uncle Albert Gould who enlisted in February 1915 and was wounded in the knee in February 1916. He recovered at home and then returned to the front in May 1917 and was again wounded and taken prisoner in April 1918. Albert then died on the 6th May 1918 in a German prisoner of war camp and is buried in Rue - Petillon Military Cemetery in Fleurbaix in Northern France. If anyone else has information I would very much appreciate it.
Update: More details about Albert Gould are on the Saltaire pages at http://www.saltairevillage.info/WW1_biography_G_001.html.
Albert Gould was the son of George Gould. George Gould was born 12 July 1857 in Suffolk. He married 14 October 1877 in Bradford Cathedral. From 1881 to 1901 they lived at 10 Waverley Street in Shipley with George working as a labourer in a chemical works. Albert, the youngest of six children, was born 1890 in Shipley. By 1911 the family lived at 2 Argyle Street in Shipley with Albert working as a bricklayerĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s labourer. He played football for Shipley Celtic. Albert married Edith Midgley 25 May 1912 at St. Pauls Shipley. Edith lived at 5 Higher School Street in Saltaire.
Albert enlisted as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Royal Scot Fusiliers 26 February 1915. He was an engineer working at Crabtree Red Beck Mills in Shipley and living at 3 Rosslyn Terrace in Shipley. Albert went to the front in July 1915 and was wounded in the knee 25 February 1916. He recovered at home, which was by then 10 Maddocks Street in Saltaire. He returned to the front in May 1917, and then he was wounded and taken prisoner 10 April 1918. Albert died 6 May 1918 in a German Prison of War Camp. Albert is buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery in Fleurbaix in Northern France. He is remembered on the Rolls of Honour at Nab Wood and St. Pauls.
Capt. G. D. Gould
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. George Herbert Gould
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Wirksworth
(d.25th August 1918)
L/Sgt. George Penstone Gould
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Sonning, Oxfordshire
(d.28th Oct 1916)
George Gould was born in Holyport, Berkshire on 23rd May 1889. He was the son of a local policeman, Thomas Gould, and his wife Sarah. Prior to Holyport, Thomas had been the local policeman in Binfield, Berkshire. On 1st October 1910 George was appointed Police Constable 24 in the Berkshire Constabulary. At this time his father had retired from the Berkshire Constabulary, and the Gould family were living in 1 Market Place, Henley, Oxfordshire.
George Gould volunteered for military service in The Great War, but in order to join up he had to resign as a police constable, which he did on 1st of May 1915. George was appointed as a Private in the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 1st of May 1915. After basic training he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, in France on 5th of October 1915.
He was hit with a shell on 23rd of October 1916 and died on the 28th. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing in France. This memorial commemorates 72,191 men killed in Battles of The Somme.
Tpr. Henry Gould
British Army Middlesex Yeomanry
from:Essex
My relatives have a photo taken in or about 1915 of Harry Gould.He is wearing WW1 khaki uniform with bandolier across his chest, on the right breast pocket he wears a bar surmounted by a crown . He has brass shoulder titles which cannot be decifered, collar dogs and Middlesex Yeomanry cap badge. He is known to have survived the war and he served in Macedonia.
Pte. Henry James Gould
British Army 1st Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment
from:Hanford, Stoke on Trent
(d.23rd October 1914)
In memory of my great uncle Harry Gould who was among the first Brits reported missing in October 1914, presumed dead and never found. We never met, but I always feel I know you from the stories your younger brother, my beloved granddad Frank Gould, told his children and grandchildren. RIP - we love you! xx
Private Robert Stephenson Gould
British Army 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
(d.9th Apr 1917)
I would like to remember my great-grandfather: Private Robert Stephenson Gould, service no:30722, 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. Killed in action 9th April 1917 near Arras.
Pte. William Thomas Gould
British Army 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Ponty Cymmer
(d.28th February 1917)
William Gould served with 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Capt. Frederick Charles Goulden
Royal West African Frontier Force Cdg. Railway Detachment
from:Teignton, Devon
(d.28th March 1915)
Captain Frederick Goulden was the husband of F. H. Goulden of Crossgate, Bishop's Teignton, Devon.
Gnr. Archibald Goulding
British Army 23rd Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Norwich, Norfolk
Frederick Charles Goulding
British Army 134th Army Troops Company Royal Engineers
Frederick Goulding was born circa 1873. His military service record dates from 1915, (aged 42) with the 134th Army Troops Company of the Royal Engineers. He was husband to Ethel Gertrude Wells, and father to Frederick Maxwell and Sydney Goulding at the time of his service.
Pte. William Earnest Goulty MM.
British Army 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Norwich
Originally from Norwich, Pte William Goulty MM relocated to Rotherham, South Yorkshire after WW1, along with two brothers. The family story goes that he was a runner and he won his Military Medal for actions in 1916. No citation has survived, which was apparently written on a drum skin, his medals are in Norwich military museum.
As was sometimes the case, the war was never mentioned, no stories have survived. Does anyone have any section/platoon/battalion photographs, newspaper cuttings etc of the 8th Battalion?
Pte. Henry Goundry
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Aycliffe
(d.15th Oct 1916)
Pte. James Goundry
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Stanley
James Goundry suffered gunshot wounds, he was discharged in 1918
Sgt. Benjamin Gourlay
British Army 142nd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Edinburgh
(d.18th May 1917)
Sargent Gourlay originally of the Seaforth Highlanders joined up in 1908. He died at Messines, killed by shell fire during a raid prior to the main action.
Cpl. Gourley
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Harold Gourley
British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Dundonald
Pte. James Gourley
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. James Gourley
British Army 12th Btn. The Royal Scots
Pte. Thomas Gourley
British Army 4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Sunderland
(d.20th Oct 1917)
Thomas Gourley was serving with the 4th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, when he died on 20th October 1917, he was 29 years old and had enlisted with the Northumberland Fusiliers in Sunderland. He was the husband of Laura Gourley (nee Watson). On the 1911 census, Thomas Gourley age 23 Coal Miner Stoneman is listed as with his wife Laura Gourley and child at 14 Morgan Street, Sunderland.
Thomas is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow.
Thomas Chesney Gourley
British Army 12th (Central Antrim) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Larne
(d.1st July 1916)
Thomas Gourley was born in 1890 in Ahoghill, Co. Antrim. He was the son of James Gourley and his wife Elizabeth nee Chesney. The family moved to Larne and it was there that Thomas joined the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles, part of the 36th Ulster Division. Thomas was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme at Thiepval on the 1st of July 1916. He was 26 years old. A memorial to Thomas is to be found in Larne Cemetery.
Cpl. Ernest W. Gout
British Army 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:Swaffham, Norfolk
(d.12th July 1915)
Ernest Gout was my father's older brother. He was wounded in Ypres and returned home for a time and then returned to the war and wounded again and died in a hospital in Bailleul. He lies in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.
Pte. Fred Govan
British Army 5th/6th Btn. B Coy. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Glasgow
(d.14th April 1917)
Fred Govan was a great uncle of mine, who was 21 when he was killed at Arras. Sadly, I am unaware of any photographs or stories about him, as the family are all gone. I am a piper and knowing my great uncle gave his life, has inspired me to do more research and also play at war memorials.
Pte. Andrew Gove
British Army 7th. Bn "C" Coy. Gordon Highlanders
(d.14th Nov 1916)
KIA at Beaumont Hamel. Age: 19 years
L/Corporal John Norman Gover
British Army 21st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Glenholm, Townville, Castleford, Yorks
(d.30th July, 1917)
John Glover is my great uncle who was killed on the 30th of July 1917. He was serving alongside his brother Sydney, who survived that day, unsure of all the circumstances... He was just 24 years of age.
Flossie May Govier
British Red Cross
from:3 Mona Terrace, Royal Street, Gourock, Scotland.
Flossie Govier was mentioned by the War Office for special services rendered during World War 1 as a nurse in Red Cross and VAD Hospitals, firstly at the Smithston War Hospital then at the Northumberland Auxiliary Hospital, Corbridge-on-Tyne. Her address was given as 3 Mona Terrace, Royal Street, Gourock.
The 1891 census shows that Flossie Govier was born in Wigtownshire in 1888, the eldest daughter of Albert and Anna Govier and her father was serving as a coast guard in Kildonan, Bute. In the 1901 census the family are living in Gourock and Albert is now a customs watcher. Flossie died in 1977 at the age of 87 in Irvine, North Ayrshire.
Pte. George Gow
British Army 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Walton, Liverpool
(d.30th May 1916)
Private Gow was the son of John and Ann Gow, of Walton, Liverpool.
He was 39 when he died and is buried in Benares Cantonment Cemetery in India, Plot K, Grave 17.
Pte. J. S. Gow
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
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