Regt. only _s._ of the late James Graham-Gilmour, of Whittingdon
Lodge, Worcester, by his wife, Ethel (now widow of William
Price-Hughes, of Red Hill, near Worcester), dau. of the Rev. James
Cook, of Peopleton, Pershore; _b._ Southport, co. Lancaster, 2
Aug. 1883; educ. Hartford House, and Radley College, Oxford; served
with the Worcestershire Militia through the South African War,
receiving the Queen’s medal with two clasps. After his return home,
he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Worcesters, 28 Jan. 1903,
receiving the last free commission presented, and was promoted Lieut.
15 June, 1906. He joined at Tipperary, served at the Depot at Norton
Barracks, 1904–6; in South Africa, 1906–7; and at Dover, 1907–10, when
he transferred to the 4th Battn. at Bareilly, India. He came home on
leave in February, 1914, and on the outbreak of war was ordered to
join the 3rd Battn. at Tidworth, 4 Aug. and went with it to France, 13
Aug. He served through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action
at Soissons, during the Battle of the Aisne, 19 Sept. 1914, and was
buried at Maison Rouge, Vailly, in the valley of the Aisne; _unm._
Lieut. Graham-Gilmour was an enthusiastic cricketer, hockey player, and
steeplechase rider, had played cricket for the gentlemen of Worcester,
and on two occasions won regimental point-to-point races in Ireland and
England, and was third in the Army Cup in India on “Exchange” in 1912.
[Illustration: =H. J. Graham-Gilmour.=]
=GIRARDOT, PAUL CHANCOURT=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire L.I., only child of the late Lieut.-Col. John Francis
Girardot, 43rd Oxfordshire L.I., J.P., by his wife. Mary I. (10,
Waterloo Crescent, Dover), dau. of the late James Evans, of Trevaughan,
co. Carmarthen; _b._ Southampton, 17 Nov. 1895; educ. Ashampstead,
Eastbourne; Cheltenham College (where he was a member of the School
VIII at Bisley), and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 52nd Oxford and Bucks
L.I., 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug., and was killed in action
at the Battle of the Aisne, 16 Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried at
Soupir-sur-Aisne. 2nd Lieut. Girardot’s father was one of the survivors
of the Birkenhead disaster in 1852.
[Illustration: =Paul Chancourt Girardot.=]
=GIROUX, THEODORE=, Private, No. A 871, 1st Battn. (33rd Regt.),
(Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Napoleon Giroux,
of Tilbury, Essex co., Ontario, Canada, by his wife, Philomene,
dau. of Antoine Barrette; _b._ St. Joachim, Ruscom, Ontario, 7
March, 1894; was a Farmer; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915; came over with the
2nd Contingent, and was killed in action in Flanders, 13 Oct. 1915;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Theodore Giroux.=]
=GLADDISH, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3826), 290188,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GLADMAN, JOHN OWEN=, Private, No. 2874, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn.
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Owen Gladman,
of 21, Tower Street, Eastbourne, Gardener, by his wife, Elizabeth
Ellen, dau. of George Griffin, Baker at Ardingly College for 39 years;
_b._ Ardingly, co. Sussex, 20 June, 1896; educ. Christ Church
School, Eastbourne; was employed in the Glass Houses at Compton Place;
volunteered on the outbreak of War and enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained
at Hastings; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at
Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915.
[Illustration: =John Owen Gladman.=]
=GLADSTONE, WILLIAM GLYNNE CHARLES=, of Hawarden Castle, M.P.,
2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, only _s._ of the
late William Henry Gladstone, M.P., by his wife the Hon. Gertrude, née
Stuart (41, Berkeley Square, W.), 4th dau. of Charles, 12th and last
Lord Blantyre, and gdson. of the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone,
P.C., M.P., the distinguished statesman; _b._ 41, Berkeley Square,
London, 14 July, 1885; educ. Eton, and New College, Oxford, and was
President of the Oxford Union in 1907. He succeeded his grandfather in
the Hawarden Estates, 19 May, 1898, and was assistant Private Secretary
to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, 1909, and an Honorary Attaché to the
British Embassy in Washington, 1911. In 1911 he entered Parliament
as Liberal Member for Kilmarnock Burghs, and when in the following
year he made his first speech in Parliament, in seconding the motion
for an address in reply to a speech from the Throne, he frankly
acknowledged that it was a handicap to bear the name of Gladstone,
observing: “I feel that every effort is doomed to fall short of the
expectation which may conceivably and very incautiously be formed
by some of one who bears the name that I do.” During the short time
he had been a member, however, he had already by his own marked
individuality gained the attention of the House, and given evidence
of abilities which promised a distinguished future. He was appointed
Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire, and President of
the County Territorial Association in 1911, and after the outbreak of
war volunteered for Imperial service. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to
the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. 7 April,
1915; went to the Front, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action near
Laventie in France, on Tuesday, 13 April, 1915, being shot dead while
in the trenches endeavouring to locate a sniper. A doctor was with him
immediately but he never regained consciousness. His body was brought
back and interred in the Churchyard at Hawarden, 23 April. He was
_unm._ Writing to his mother from the trenches he said: “You will
be wrong if you regret my coming, for I am very glad and proud to have
got to the Front. It is not the length of existence that counts, but
what is achieved during that existence, however short.”
[Illustration: =William G. C. Gladstone.=]
=GLANVILLE, ALBERT ANDREW=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12208, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 39th
Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, yst. _s._ of the late Robert Bruce
Robertson-Glasgow, of Mountgreenan, co. Ayr, J.P., D.L., formerly 74th
Highlanders, by his wife, Deborah Louisa Grace, 2nd dau. of Simon
George Purdon, of Tinerana, co. Clare, _b._ Mountgreenan afsd.,
24 May, 1880; educ. Wellington House School, Westgate-on-Sea (Sept.
1889 to July 1894), Marlborough College (Sept. 1894 to Dec. 1897), and
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. to Dec. 1898); gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1899, and
promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1901, and Capt. 25 Jan. 1908. He was attd.
to the Royal Scots, and was posted to the 16th Bombay Infantry in
April, 1901, and appointed Double Company Officer, 1 Aug. following,
and the same year took part in the operations against the Ogaden
Somalis in Jubaland, British East Africa, and received the medal with
clasp. On his return from this expedition he was transferred to the
39th Garhwal Rifles. He left India with his regt. in the 7th Meerut
Division for France, 21 Sept. 1914, and on arrival was detailed Railway
Transport Officer until early in Nov. when he rejoined his regt. in
the trenches. He was killed in action at Bethune a few days later,
13–14 Nov. 1914. Numerous letters from his brother officers all bear
witness to his splendid qualities. His Col. wrote: “He had charged
right up most valiantly to the enemy’s trench and in a yard or two more
would have been in it.... The regiment has suffered a double loss in
losing a first-rate officer and generous hearted friend.” and a brother
officer: “I spent a good time on the afternoon of that disastrous night
attack with him. He was as cheery as ever, and told me all about the
exciting time he had digging out some men who had been buried by the
exploding of a heavy German shell. The trench was knocked in and cover
practically nil, so the operation had to be carried out in full view
of the Germans, who put a lot of shrapnel over him and his men. Of
course, he joked about it, but poor old ---- said it was a very fine
show and one needing a great deal of pluck. I am sure his coolness and
pluck then must have been a good example to the men, and just the sort
of example they needed in the early days when everything was new and
very terrifying to them.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens,
London, 19 Jan. 1911, Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora Macdonald,
dau. of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, and has a
son, Archibald Francis Colin, _b._ 31 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =A. W. Robertson-Glasgow.=]
=GLASS, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304260, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GLASS, ERNEST GRAHAM=, Trooper, No. 743, A Squadron, Queen’s
Own West Kent Yeomanry, only _s._ of Ernest Glass, of Crofton,
Galmpton, Kingsbridge, Devon, Retired Civil Servant, by his wife,
Francis Emma, dau. of the late Thomas Cowel, of Scarborough; _b._
Lewisham, co. Kent, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Colfe Grammar School there;
was a Clerk, Prudential Assurance Company; had joined the West Kent
Yeomanry in 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered
for foreign service; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915,
and was killed in action there, 27 Dec. 1915; _unm._ He was buried
in Y Ravine, S.W. Slope, Gallipoli. The Commanding Officer wrote: “E.
Glass has always been a universal favourite amongst both officers and
men, always cheery, always willing, his loss will be severely felt by
the whole squadron. He had only just returned to Squadron duty from the
signal troop, and was killed, shot through the head while on sentry in
the firing line during the night. The loss of such a plucky, cheery
soul, the very best type of young Englishman, is a loss not only to
you, his regiment, his squadron, but to the country for which he so
gallantly gave his life”; and another: “I saw a great deal of your son,
as he was one of my signallers, and his unfailing cheerfulness always
kept everyone happy, even when they were most uncomfortable. Your son
was one of the keenest men there, he was always out to learn any new
job that was going, and wanted to have a hand in anything out of the
ordinary routine.”
[Illustration: =Ernest Graham Glass.=]
=GLASS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8659, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt.
(The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.;
killed in action, 19 June, 1915; _m._
=GLAZEBROOK, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9383, 2nd Battn. East
Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of William Henry Glazebrook, of
16, Mildmay Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, now in the postal
service, late Battery Sergt.-Major, R.F.A. (who served throughout the
South African War, and received the Queen’s and King’s medals with
clasps), by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Samuel Stephenson; _b._
Newcastle-on-Tyne, 11 March, 1892; educ. Council School Sandyford;
joined the Army, 15 July, 1909; served five years (1909–14) in India;
came home with his regt. after the outbreak of War, going with it to
France in Jan., and was killed in action near St. Eloi, 5 Feb. 1915;
_unm._ Buried at Chateau Rosendale, near Ypres. His two brothers
are both (1916) serving, one in the Army and the other in the Navy.
=GLEGG, ARTHUR LIVINGSTONE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. King’s Royal
Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Thomson Glegg, Advocate
Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, by his wife, Margaret Livingstone,
dau. of W. L. Douie, of Moira, J.P.; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Sept.
1895; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; St. Bee’s, and Corpus Christi,
Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Jan. 1915; went to France,
March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée,
10 Aug. 1915; being buried in Cambrin Cemetery; _unm._
[Illustration: =Arthur L. Glegg.=]
=GLEN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch./308855, _s._ of
Walter Glen, by his wife, Mary (Stenton Prestonkirk, co. Haddington),
dau. of John Scott; _b._ Glenfoot, Rymors Glen, near Melrose, 15
July, 1885; educ. Wiston, Lanark; joined the Navy about 1904, and was
lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =William Glen.=]
=GLIDDON, FRANK CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11898, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GLITHRO, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1707),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GLOSSOP, ERNEST EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somersetshire
Light Infantry, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the Rev. George Henry Pownall
Glossop, Hon. Canon of St. Albans Cathedral, by his wife, Frances Mary,
dau. of Major John James Gape, of St. Michael’s Manor, St. Albans,
Herts Militia; _b._ Romeland House, St. Albans, 21 Feb. 1896;
educ. Sandroyd School, Cobham; Repton School, and the Royal Military
College, Sandhurst, passing out at the end of his first year; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 3rd Somerset L.I. 12 Aug. 1914; went to France on Sept. 12,
and joined the 1st Battn. during the Battle of the Aisne; was wounded
at Le Gheer on 24 Oct., a bullet striking him in the spine, and was
invalided home. He returned to the Front in March, and was wounded
again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on 2 May, when he was hit in the
head by a fragment of shell, and died in Hospital at Bailleul two days
later, 4 May, 1915; _unm._ His two elder brothers, Lieut. Bertram
Glossop, 9th Devon Regt., and Lieut. Francis George Glossop, R.N., are
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Ernest Edward Glossop.=]
=GLOSTER, HENRY COLPOYS=, Lieut., 6th (Banff and Donside) Battn.
The Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Cockburn
Gloster, of 15, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, B.A., M.B., by
his wife, Aphra Jane, only child of Henry Keane; _b._ 15 Upper
Phillimore Place, Kensington, 3 Aug. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School,
and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a medical
undergraduate, and a member of the O.T.C.; volunteered on the outbreak
of the war and received a commission in the 6th Gordon Highlanders, 15
Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. following. He joined the regt.
at Perth and went from there to Bedford for training, leaving England
for the Front, 9 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle,
13 March, 1915, and was buried in Esterre Cemetery; _unm._ His
Col. spoke highly of him as an officer whose work in the trenches
deserved special praise. He suggested improvements and saved several
lives of his men when wounded by close attention and skill. He was
very popular with his men who respected, admired and loved him for his
kindness and intelligent command in times of great danger. He was in
command of his platoon in a German trench on the morning of his death.
Lieut. Gloster was a good tennis player, and won the Caius College
Fresher’s Tournament in 1914.
[Illustration: =Henry Colpoys Gloster.=]
=GLOVER, FRANCIS LUTHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 5618, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=GLOVER, JOSHUA=, Sergt., No. 6756, 6th (Service) Battn. Queen’s
Own Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France, etc.; killed in action, 15 Sept. 1915; _m._
=GOACHER, STEPHEN FRANK=, Private, No. 3890, 2/4th Battn.
Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Goacher, of New
Cottages, Iron’s Bolton, near Reigate; served with the Mediterranean
Expeditionary Force; died 11 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at
the Dardanelles.
=GOATER, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9739), 210862, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GOBLE, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22061, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=GOBY, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. G. 1964, 2nd Battn. East Surrey
Regt., _s._ of Isaac Goby, of Fernhurst, Heathfield, Sussex;
served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action,
23 April, 1915.
=GODDARD, ALBERT BERTIE=, Private, No. 7204, 1st Battn. Royal West
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died
a prisoner of war at Gustrow, 4 March, 1915; _m._
=GODDARD, ARTHUR HAWKINS=, Private, No. 2500, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
George Thomas Goddard, of 22, Calvert Buildings, Wapping, London, by
his wife, Susannah, dau. of Amos Prior; _b._ Brightlingsea, co.
Essex, 14 July, 1895; educ. L.C.C. and Raine’s Foundation Schools,
Stepney; was a Clerk in the employ of Girling Bros. for four years;
enlisted with some fellow scouts from Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, 1
Sept. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915; served through the Battle
of Neuve Chapelle in April, and died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received
in action at Festubert the previous day; _unm._ Buried at the
Military Cemetery, Rue Petillon.
[Illustration: =Arthur Hawkins Goddard.=]
=GODDARD, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 632),
152278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GODDARD, JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 92), H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=GODDARD, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 789, 7th (Service) Battn. East
Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died
25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._
=GODDARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3257, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of the late Joseph Goddard, of Reading, by his wife,
Harriet; _b._ Windsor, 3 Dec. 1880; educ. Royal Schools there;
enlisted 23 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War, 7 Nov. 1901
to 4 Oct. 1902; obtained his discharge, 6 Nov. 1902; re-enlisted, 9
Sept. 1914, went to France, 7 Oct. and died 29 Oct. following, of
wounds received in action. He was buried in the lawn in front of the
Chateau at Gheluvelt, west of the village. He _m._ at Windsor, 1
June, 1905, Mary Ann (3, Waterloo Square, Spital, Windsor), dau. of
Thomas Redrup, and had three daus.: Ena, _b._ 27 Aug. 1906; Laura,
_b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Vera, _b._ 27 Jan. 1910.
=GODDEN, ARTHUR HENRY GRIFFITHS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L.
5087, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=GODFERY, ERNEST HERBERT=, Sapper, No. 241, Wireless Section,
2nd South African Rifles, _s._ of Masters Godfery, of Norwich,
by his wife, Esther, dau. of (--) Chapman; _b._ Norwich, 21 May,
1867; educ. Yarmouth Grammar School; went to South Africa on 18 July,
1893, and settled at Durban, Natal; volunteered for service in German
South-West Africa, and went through that campaign and died in Hospital
at Durban, 24 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at Johannesburg, 29 July, 1897,
Frances (Sea View, Natal), dau. of John Siems, and had two children:
Ernest M., _b._ 7 April, 1901; and Ivy E., _b._ 29 Aug. 1898.
=GODFREE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2989), S.S. 100453,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=GODFREY, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4267), 277922,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct 1914.
=GODIN, MOÏSE=, Private, No. 61042, 22nd Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Philippe Godin, of St. Anne de la
Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of (--)
Côté; _b._ St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., 29 Jan.
1896; educ. Collège de la Pérade; enlisted in March, 1915; left Canada
with the 2nd Contingent and was killed in action at Belgium, 23 Sept.
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Moïse Godin.=]
=GODSAL, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut. and Battn. Machine-gun Officer,
7th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Edward Hugh Godsal, of
Winnersh Lodge, Wokingham, by his wife, Marion Grace, dau. of the
Rev. Florence Thomas Wethered, Vicar of Hurley, Berks; _b._
Hawera, New Zealand, 4 May, 1894; educ. Oundle School; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 7th Rifle Brigade, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France in May, 1915;
appointed Battn. Machine-gun Officer in July, 1915, and was killed in
action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood,
Hooge. His Col. wrote speaking of him as a most promising officer. The
circumstances of Lieut. Godsal’s death were as follows: The battn. on
leaving the trenches for rest had left their machine guns for the use
of the relieving Battns., from whom they were captured by a sudden
enemy assault, and on the 7th Battn. being brought back from their
billets seven miles away to recover trenches the Col. ordered Lieut.
Godsal to take up a position with his machine gun men, from whence
when opportunity offered to advance and regain possession of the guns.
It is now clear from the statement of Corpl. Molloy, who was within
20 yards of Lieut. Godsal when he was killed, that Lieut. Godsal did
himself advance from this position and get possession of at least one
of the guns, for the Corpl. saw him firing it at the enemy, and later
saw him firing his revolver--probably when he recovered the gun he
picked up only a small amount of ammunition--and later still heard
a shout that he was killed, a shell having struck him in the face.
Private King gallantly endeavoured to pull his body back into trench
and was himself killed instantaneously. Corpl. Molloy accounts for
Lieut. Godsal’s recovering the gun by saying that he knew every yard of
trench and ground as he was out frequently day and night making daring
reconnaissances. The Corpl. added if ever anyone deserved the V.C. he
did.
[Illustration: =Alan Godsal.=]
=GODWARD, ERIC JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Godward, Accountant, by
his wife, Agnes (Godward, Newthorpe, Enfield), dau. of John Davison;
_b._ New Thorpe, Enfield, co. Middlesex, 19 Feb. 1895; educ.
Merchant Taylors’ School; and was in business until the outbreak of
War, giving up the whole of his spare time to work among lads in
Enfield. He held a commission as Cadet Lieut. in the St. Andrew and
St. Mary Coy. London Diocesan Church Lads’ Brigade (Cadet Force),
and when war broke out was transferred to the 2/7th Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), together with Capt. Perks, and most of the senior lads in his
brigade company, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 Oct. 1914. He was
transferred to the 1/7th and went to France, 25 July, 1915, and was
killed in action there, 25 Aug. 1915, being shot while on patrol duty,
and was buried at Fleurbaix; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “Your son had
not been with us very long, but in that time he had earned the liking
and respect of everyone with whom he had come into contact. He was
absolutely fearless, and a very gallant young officer, in whom I had
the utmost confidence”; and Col. Drew, 2/7th Middlesex, wrote: “During
the ten months he served with me, I formed a great admiration for him.
He was a boy of exceptional character.”
[Illustration: =Eric James Godward.=]
=GOFFIN, HERBERT CULLIS=, Sergt., No. 2849, 16th (Queen’s
Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of
the Rev. Herbert James Goffin, of Walteur, Burford Gardens, Palmers
Green, N., late Missionary of the London Missionary Society, by his
wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Edmund Cullis, of Gloucester; _b._
Vizianagaram, South India, 4 Feb. 1887; educ. School for Sons of
Missionaries, Blackheath; enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters on the
outbreak of war; served with his battn. in France and Flanders, and was
killed in action by a shell bursting in his trench at Ypres, 4 June,
1915; _unm._ He was buried at Cross Roads, Potyje, near Ypres.
His commanding officer wrote: “His help has been invaluable with the
company, while his amiability and pleasant manner endeared him to every
one with whom he came in contact. Few men have made themselves at one
and the same time so respected and so popular, and no man so thoroughly
justified his rapid promotion.”
[Illustration: =Herbert Cullis Goffin.=]
=GOGGS, FRANK=, Private, No. 430264, 31st Battn. 6th Infantry
Brigade, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force; eldest _s._
of the late Arthur Harry Goggs, of the City of London, Wine Merchant,
by his wife, Annie Jane (31, Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon), dau. of
Henry Briggs, Yeoman of the Guard; _b._ East Dulwich, London, 7
April, 1884; educ. Cranley County School and the City of London School;
emigrated to British Columbia in 1903, and bought a ranch at Fort
Steele, but after the outbreak of war, gave this up, joined the 31st
Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 19 Feb. 1915; came over with
the third Contingent in July, 1915; went to the western front 16 Sept.
1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frank Goggs.=]