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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
A/Cpl. Edward Brett "Dewey" Goddard
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Oakham, Rutland
Edward Goddard on enlistment
My newly discovered Cousins & I are trying to find any information on our Great GrandFather, Edward Brett Goddard, known as Dewey. He left his family in Rutland to fight in WW1 & never returned.The family reached the obvious conclusion that he was lost in battle but, upon my Grandmothers death we discovered that, when she had told us that he "didn't return from WW1", She wasn't exactly lying, she just ommitted to tell us that the reason he didn't return was that he ran off with a German woman & ended up emigrating to America!!! I've contacted some of the "second" family that he subsequently had in America & they have very little information on him at all. We have mamaged to track down a medal card at Kew that lists him as serving in the Royal Garrison Artillery with the rank of Acting Corporal. His regiment number is shown as 132460. One of my American cousins seems to recall him talking of having a horse shot from under him & having to use it as a "shield" in the Battle of the Marne, but he doesn't know which one! Apparently my Great Grandfather "liked to tell a story" so we really have no idea if he was a bit of a fantasist or whether his stories were actually true!! Any information that anybody has or if anybody knows how I can extend my research (without it costing more than I can afford by joining one of the online Genealogy sites!) would be gratefully received.Editor's Note: The cap badge worn by your Great Grandfather isn't that of the RGA, the copy of the photo isn't clear enough to tell which it is, but if you have the original you may be able to match it. Have a look at our cap badges page which displays many badges for guidance
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