HERBERT JAMES GOODCHILD
Born: 3rd September 1893, Ipswich.
Died: 27th April 1916; age 22; Killed by mine explosion off Malta.
Occupation: Indoor Servant.
Enlistment Details: Location: Portsmouth. Height: 5ft 6 3/4ins, fresh complexion, hazel eyes & dark brown hair.
Service:
Victory I – Officer’s Steward III – 1st July 1914 – 26th August 1915.
Hibernia – Officer’s Steward II – 27th August 1915 – 22nd January 1916.
Russell – Officer’s Steward II – 23rd January 1916 – 27th April 1916.
Character – Very Good.
Rank: Officer’s Steward 2nd Class; Service Number: L/5479.
Regiment: Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Russell.’
Memorial Reference:
21.
Hampshire.
Relatives Notified & Address: Son of James & M.A.E. Goodchild, of Ipswich, and sister Polly Rattle, of 8, Brunswick Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1901 Brunswick Road, Ipswich.
Herbert was 7 years old, he was living with his sister, brother-in-law and nieces.
James Rattle, 34, a Boot & Shoe Finisher, born Charsfield, Suffolk.
Mary Ann Elizabeth Rattle (nee Goodchild), 27, born Ipswich.
Ivy Mary Rattle, 5, born Ipswich.
Emma Lilian Rose Rattle, 3, born Ipswich.
Father: Charles Goodchild, born 1835, Lawford, Essex – died 1893, Ipswich. A Mariner of the Merchant Service.
Mother: Mary Ann Elizabeth Goodchild (nee Bird), born 1852, Kelsale, Suffolk – died 1893, Ipswich.
Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Royal Navy, H.M.S. ‘Russell’:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Russell_(1901)
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