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Pte. James Goss
British Army 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Bridgend, South Wales
(d.1st December 1917)
James Goss was a Royal Navy Seaman, who left the Royal Navy after marring his sweetheart, Jessie Gillard on 4th November 1911. They lived at the Malt House in Pen Y Fai and had two boys. He worked as a collier at Coytrahen Colliery, Tondu, prior to joining the Glamorgan Yeomanry.
In 1916, the Pembroke Yeomanry and the Glamorgan Yeomanry embarked for foreign service for the first time in their history. They spent the next 12 months in Egypt, taking part in the historic offensive into Palestine, leading to the liberation of the Holy City of Jerusalem.
James Goss was killed, along with 14 other men from his Regiment, on 1st December 1917, just 8 days before the Ottoman surrendered and Jerusalem was liberated. The are all buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery.