BORN SOUTH CAVE 1897. YOUNGEST SON OF ROBERT GOODWILL (1852-1909) & MARY JANE DENNIS (1856-1916). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. RESIDED AT LONG DRAX, DRAX (1911) & 111, MARKET ROAD, SOUTH CAVE, YORKSHIRE (1915 ARMY ADDRESS).
A LABOURER & BRICK LAYER APPRENTICE. UNMARRIED. DESCRIBED IN ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS, AS 5 FOOT, 6,5 INCHES TALL, 33 INCH CHEST, 109 LBS WEIGHT, FAIR PHYSIQUE, BUT WILL DEVELOP, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, TEETH REQUIRE ATTENTION.
ENLISTED AT HULL ON 7 DEC 1915. CALLED UP ON 20 JAN 1916. TRAINED AT RUGELEY ARMY CAMP. SERVED WITH THE 2ND EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT, WHEN POSTED TO FRANCE 16 OCT 1916. REPORTED MISSING IN ACTION ON 3 MAY 1917 AND TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY. RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON 7 JAN 1918. SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 99 DAYS.
DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS, AT 3RD LONDON GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON ON 14 MARCH 1918, AGED 21. HIS ARMY EFFECTS INCLUDED A WRITING, PAD, LETTERS, PHOTOS, HAIR BRUSH, PIPE, COMB, CIGARETTE LEIGHTER, BADGE, CARDS AND 1 GLOVE. THEY WERE LEFT TO HIS SIBLINGS, GEORGE, ALICE WELLS, MAUD, ANNIE SMITH AND THOMAS ALAN GOODWILL. HE LEFT £1006 IN HIS WILL TO HIS BROTHER, GEORGE (A BUILDER) AND HIS SISTER ALICE WELLS.
| Name | Dennis Goodwill |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | South Cave, Yorkshire |
| Residence | South Cave, Yorkshire |
| Death Date | 14 Mar 1918 |
| Death Place | Home |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment |
| Battalion | 2nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 24316 |
| Type of Casualty | Died |
| Theatre of War | Home |
| Comments | Formerly 21057, East Yorks Regt |
