No.12049, Private, Walter James GOODFELLOW
Aged 24
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Born in 1891 (4th qtr Bury St.Edmunds 4a:742) son of Henry and Alice GOODFELLOW (née REYNOLDS)
1901 census...Aged 10, he was at 130 Cemetery Road, Bury St.Edmunds with his parents; brothers Henry W (errand boy), Ernest and Thomas [4]; sisters Ellen R. and Louisa [7] 1911 census...Aged 20, a porter he was at 53 Chalk Lane with his widower father. No given names recorded, just an initial. Also there were brother Ernest (bricklayer's labourer), Thomas (errand boy); sister Alice (Mrs MEEKINS) her husband W MEEKINS [34] bricklayer's labourer) and their son W [8] and daughter L [4]. Alice had borne 5 children but 3 had died. The pension card and newspaper report have his father at 141 King's Road. His brother Henry William was killed in August 1914 see here and brother Ernest Robert was killed in May 1915 see here |
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He enlisted in Bury St.Edmunds. There is little documentation regarding this period for the 7th Suffolk. They were in the Hullach-Givenchy sector. On 3rd November, on going to relieve the 9th Sussex, as they crossed open ground west of the railway, they were heavily shelled. CWGC has 7 killed, none have a known grave.
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