BORN RYEHILL, YORKS 23/07/1889. SON OF MATTHEW HENRY GOUNDRILL (1837-1911) & MARY JANE BURNHAM (1847-1895) OF BROADLEY HOUSE, VILLAGE STREET, RYHILL, BURSTWICK, YORKSHIRE. ONE OF FIVE CHILDREN, WORKING ON HIS LATE FATHER’S FARM.
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. JOINED THE TYNESIDE SCOTS. DIED OF 08/04/1918, AGED 29. COMMEMORATED ON THE PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL, HAINAUT, BELGIUM. REMEMBERED ON ST JAMES CHURCH MEMORIAL, ELLERBY, EAST YORKSHIRE. HE LEFT £1,319 IN HIS WILL TO ROBERT MEADLEY, A FARMER.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
203063
Rank:
Private
Date Died
08/04/1918
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
29
BROADLEY HOUSE, RYHILL, HULL, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, UK
