BORN RAMSGATE, KENT, 1892. SON OF GEORGE PIDDOCK GOLDSMITH AND JANE GOLDSMITH. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. WORKED AS A SEAMAN WHO STUDIED AT HULL CITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
HE ENLISTED AT CANTERBURY, ON 19/01/1917, AGED 25 YEARS AND 330 DAYS. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 02/02/1917. SERVED AS SAPPER, WR/505153, ROYAL ENGINEERS, INLAND WATER TRANSPORT. DIED OF INFLUENZA (BRONCHO PNEUMONIA), AT 35TH GENERAL HOSPITAL, ON 01/12/1918. BURIED AT LES BARAQUES MILITARY CEMETERY, SANGATTE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, GEORGE P GOLDSMITH, AT 44 BELLE VIEW COTTAGE, RAMSGATE, KENT (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE HAD SERVED FOR 1 YEAR AND 317 DAYS.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL CITY ENGINEERS MEMORIAL.
NB: GEORGE GOLDSMITH, SEAMAN – 1 CHAPEL TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL.
