BORN HULL MARCH 1887. HE MARRIED AT HULL REGISTRY OFFICE ON 19/6/1906. HIS WIFE THEANA (PALMER) & 4 CHILDREN LIVED AT 3. YORK TERRACE, BEDFORD STREET, HULL (NEXT DOOR TO HER SISTER, ALICE AT NO:2).
BEFORE THE WAR, HERBERT GOODFELLOW WORKED AS A LABOURER FOR RECKITTS.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS, ON NEW YEAR’S DAY 1915. WAS KILLED AT THE ATTACK ON SERRE VILLAGE, ON 13TH NOVEMBER 1916, AGED 29. HIS WIDOW, THEANA, RECEIVED A WEEKLY PENSION OF 28 SHILLINGS & 9 PENCE, FOR HERSELF AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. HERBERT GOODFELLOW IS REMEMBERED ON ST MARY’S CHURCH MEMORIAL, LOWGATE. HE IS BURIED AT EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT FROM HIS LOVING WIFE SONS & DAUGHTERS”.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 28/12/1916. *
Steve [mailto:stevec110@rogers.com] writes on 11th January 2016. I am a descendant of Theana’s older sister Alice Ayres (nee Palmer)’s daughter Mabel. Wondered if you had any more info about Theana and her Palmer family or any pictures of her and family you would be willing to share?
