BORN HULL 1891. TRUE NAME WAS “GOODWIN”. SERVED AS “SIMPSON”. HE LIVED IN SPALDING, LINCS. ONLY SON OF ROBERT ANDREW GOODWIN AND ANNIE SHORES (1860-1895), OF YEW TREE FARM, SPALDING. HAD TWO SISTERS ACCORDING TO ARMY RECORDS. A FARM LABOURER. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, UNDER THE NAME “SIMPSON”. JOINING THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/11/1910. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, GREEN EYES, BROWN HAIR CHEST SIZE 37-39 INCHES, TATTOO ON RIGHT FOREARM, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. SERVED IN GIBRALTA AND BERMUDA. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 05/11/1914. WOUNDED IN MARCH 1914. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 09/05/1915, AGED 24, HAVING SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 4 YEARS AND 183 DAYS. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTERS, CISSIE AND DAISY.
First name:
HAROLD
Regiment:
Military Number:
9089
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/05/1915
Place died:
Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium
Age:
24
