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Samuel Herbert Goodwin
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 01/11/1877 |
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Place of birth: Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
General information
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Profession: Storeman |
Army information
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Country: England, United Kingdom |
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Force: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rank: Rifleman |
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Service number: R/35413 |
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Enlistment place: Hackney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom |
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Units: — King's Royal Rifle Corps, 17th Bn. (British Empire League) (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 01/08/1917 |
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Place of death: Canadian Farm, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Age: 39 |
Cemetery
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New Irish Farm Cemetery Plot: XVIII Row: E Grave: 10 |
Distinctions and medals 2
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
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My story
Rifleman Samuel Herbert was killed during the Battle of Passchendaele while serving with the 17th Battalion (British Empire League) of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps (39th Division, 117th Brigade). The stock keeper from Clerkenwell, London was married to Cecilia Cayford. They had one son together; Herbert Samuel.
On the 31st of July 1917, the opening day of the offensive, the 117th Brigade advanced on the extreme left of the Divisional flank. The aim of the attack was to reach and cross the Steenbeek stream near the village of Sint-Juliaan. The Brigade attacked with the 16th Sherwood Foresters and the 17th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. They moved through Kitchner’s Wood and took Alberta. With the help of Stokes mortars and rifle grenades, they rushed and captured three German pillboxes at Regina Cross and established positions along the Steenbeek.
The German front system had practically been captured along the whole front. In spite of numerous and energetic counterattacks, the British troops firmly established themselves on the ground that they gained.
During the night the 17th Battalion moved into support near Kitchener’s Wood and Canadian Farm. Only one Company remained in the front line along the Steenbeek. The positions of the Battalion were frequently shelled by the German artillery.
The casualties of the Battalion during the operation on the 31st of July to the 5th of August 1917 were one officer killed, one missing and one wounded; other ranks: killed 28, wounded 179, missing 4.
Rifleman Samuel Herbert Goodwin was killed in action on the 1st of August 1917. The 39-year-old was buried in the field near Canadian Farm. His remains were reinterred in New Irish Farm Cemetery plot XVIII, row E, grave 10 after the war.
On the 31st of July 1917, the opening day of the offensive, the 117th Brigade advanced on the extreme left of the Divisional flank. The aim of the attack was to reach and cross the Steenbeek stream near the village of Sint-Juliaan. The Brigade attacked with the 16th Sherwood Foresters and the 17th King’s Royal Rifle Corps. They moved through Kitchner’s Wood and took Alberta. With the help of Stokes mortars and rifle grenades, they rushed and captured three German pillboxes at Regina Cross and established positions along the Steenbeek.
The German front system had practically been captured along the whole front. In spite of numerous and energetic counterattacks, the British troops firmly established themselves on the ground that they gained.
During the night the 17th Battalion moved into support near Kitchener’s Wood and Canadian Farm. Only one Company remained in the front line along the Steenbeek. The positions of the Battalion were frequently shelled by the German artillery.
The casualties of the Battalion during the operation on the 31st of July to the 5th of August 1917 were one officer killed, one missing and one wounded; other ranks: killed 28, wounded 179, missing 4.
Rifleman Samuel Herbert Goodwin was killed in action on the 1st of August 1917. The 39-year-old was buried in the field near Canadian Farm. His remains were reinterred in New Irish Farm Cemetery plot XVIII, row E, grave 10 after the war.
Sources 7
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" Passchendaele The Day-by-Day Account", McCarthy C., Uniform 2018, page 29 - 30 Sources used |
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"The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Volume V, The Great War", Hare S., John Murray, London,1932 , page 224 - 227 Sources used |
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"The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1917", Hutton E., John Murray, London, 1920, page 198 - 201 Sources used |
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Ancestry https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1543&h=514181&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kHn2&_phstart=successSource Further reference |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/452386/goodwin,-/ Sources used |
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The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/kings-royal-rifle-corps/ Sources used |
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War Diary http://www.nmarchive.com/view-diary//2586-3247/1212608/page/1030 Further reference |