BORN HULL 1900. SON OF JOHN PACEY GOY (1861-1933) & ALICE WILSON (1863-1945) OF 30 SANDRINGHAM STREET, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY FOREMAN. EDWARD WAS UNMARRIED. EMPLOYED AS A CLERK. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4.5 INCHES TALL, 34-36 INCH CHEST, 112 LBS WEIGHT, BROWN HAIR, GREY EYES, PALE COMPLEXION. HE LIVED WITH HIS BROTHER ISSAC AND THREE SISTERS, EVELINE, FLORENCE AND ALICE AT 30 SANDRINGHAM STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS)
HE ENLISTED ON 02/03/1916, WITH HIS BROTHER. CALLED UP FOR SERVICE ON 15/01/1918. TRAINED WITH THE 53RD NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AT RUGELEY CAMP. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 18/07/1918. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. DIED FROM INFLUENZA, ON 10/11/1918, AGED 18, AT ROUEN GENERAL HOSPITAL, FRANCE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED AT ST JOHN THE BAPTISH CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, PTE, ISSAC WILLION GOY, WAS A TRAM DRIVER FOR THE LEEDS CO-OPERATIVE AND SERVED WITH THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
NB: PTE EDWARD GOY, MT ASC IS LISTED ON CLOWES CHAPEL, ROLL OF HONOUR, JARRATT STREET, HULL. THIS WAS THE SON OF EDWARD AND ANNIE GOY OF 169 BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL
