BORN KIRK ELLA 1874. SON OF JAMES & ALICE GOUGH. WAS HEAD OF THE GOUGH AND DAVEY MUSIC SHOP AND WELL KNOWN IN BUSINESS CIRCLES. THE MUSIC LOVING PUBLIC OF HULL ASSOCIATED CYRIL GOUGH WITH A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL CONCERTS HELD FIRST AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS AND THEN AT THE CITY HALL. THESE CONCERTS RAN CONTINUOUSLY FROM 1907 UNTIL DISCONTINUED WHEN THE WAR BEGAN, BRINGING A NUMBER OF NOTABLE ARTISTS AND ORCHESTRAS TO HULL. HE WAS ALSO TREASURER OF THE HULL OPERATIC SOCIETY. HE ENLISTED IN THE 4TH EYR IN AUGUST 1915. HE SPOKE FLUENT GERMAN AND WAS USED IN COMMUNICATIONS. CYRIL WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY A BULLET WHICH PASSED THROUGH HIS CHEST AND OUT OF HIS BACK. TAKEN PRISONER. HE DIED OF WOUNDS IN A GHENT HOSPITAL ON 17TH OCTOBER 1918, FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED NEAR ARMENTIERS ON 8TH SEPTEMBER 1918. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 25TH FEBRUARY 1919, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
