Gnr
Herbert Le Marie Goodridge

Information about birth

Date of birth:
11/04/1880
Place of birth:
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

General information

Profession:
Laundry Carman

Army information

Country:
England, United Kingdom
Force:
British Expeditionary Force
Rank:
Gunner
Service number:
32944
Enlistment place:
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Units:
 —  Royal Field Artillery, 29th Bde.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
28/10/1917
Place of death:
Dozinghem Casualty Clearing Station, Westvleteren, Belgium
Cause of death:
Died of Disease
Age:
37

Cemetery

Dozinghem Military Cemetery
Plot: IX
Row: A
Grave: 7

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 3

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place
#3 Place of death (approximate)

My story

Herbert Le Marie Goodridge was a thirty-seven-year-old former Laundry Carman from Watford, Hertfordshire. In 1908 he married Florence Bushell and had three children. He later enlisted as a gunner at Bedford and joined the 29th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, part of the 4th Division.

During the month of October 1917 the 29th Brigade Royal Field Artillery took up positions on the steenbeek near Langemark. On 14-16 and 27 October hostile artillery was very active on the Steenbeek area. During the month 4 officers were wounded, 13 other ranks killed, 59 wounded, 8 gassed and one missing. Gunner Goodrigde was evacuated to one of the casualty clearing stations at Dozinghem. He died of disease on 28 October 1917, from septicalmis, associated with nepliritis and early bronchitis. He was buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, where he is still remembered today.

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Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.com/
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/620768/herbert-le-marie-goodridge/
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The Long Long Trail
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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War Diary 29th Brigade RFA, October 1917
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
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