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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 bricklayer’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.
