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Surname: GOODMAN
Forename(s): Eric George
Place of Birth: Hilgay, Norfolk
Service No: ---
Rank: T/2nd Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 17th (Northern) Division
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1917-04-12
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Bay 6.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ARRAS MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Eric George Goodman was the son of Thomas Herbert and Mary Ann Goodman, née Tingey. Thomas was born at Strand in the parish of St Martin-in-the Fields, London and Mary at Hilgay, Norfolk.
1901 Haverhill, Suffolk Census: 39, High Street - Eric George Goodman, aged 6 years, born Hilgay, Norfolk, son of Thomas Herbert and Mary Ann Goodman.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: School House, Grammar School, Gargrave Road - Eric George Goodman, aged 16 years, born Hilgay, Norfolk. Boarder.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: L/Cpl Eric George Goodman, 1616, 15th Ldn. Rgt.; 2/Lieut 6/Dorset R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 17.3.15. Comm. 6th Dorsets, 22.1.16. Deceased. K. in A. 12.4.17. Correspondence: T.H. Goodman, 39, High Street, Haverhill, Suffolk.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: L/Cpl Eric George Goodman, 1616, 15 Lond. R. Theatres of war in which served: 1(a) [France]. 18.3.15 to 22.1.16. Comm. 22.1.16.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2 Lieut E.G. Goodman, Dorset Regiment. K. in A. 12.4.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: 2 Lt E.G. Goodman, 6 Dorset Regt. Date and Place of Death: 12.4.17. In action. To whom issued/Amount: Executor - Thomas Herbert Goodman Esq. £91 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Eric not found.
Eric is commemorated at Haverhill on the War Memorial; United Reformed Church War Memorial and a memorial to him in the Old Independent Church.
A short biography of Eric is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
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T/2nd Lieutenant Eric George GOODMAN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Dorsetshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 17th (Northern) Division
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04 May 1917
GOODMAN – Killed in action in France on April 12th, 1917, Second-Lieut. Eric George Goodman, Dorsetshire Regiment, son of Dr. and Mrs. T.H. Goodman, 39 High Street, Haverhill, Suffolk, and formerly captain of Rugby and cricket teams and sports champion at Skipton Grammar School, 1910, aged 22 years.
04 May 1917
SKIPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL ‘OLD BOY’ KILLED
Second Lieutenant Eric George Goodman, of the Dorsetshire Regiment, who was killed in action in France on April 12th 1917, was a son of Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Goodman, 39, High Street, Haverhill, Suffolk, and a relative of Nurse Beresford of Skipton. Twenty-two years of age, and a very popular officer, Lieut. Goodman received his education at Epson College and Skipton Grammar School, being at the latter school captain of the Rugby and cricket teams and sports champion 1910. About four years ago he joined the Civil Service Rifles, and on August 4th 1914, he volunteered for service. He went to France in March 1915, and was twice wounded. Many of the deceased officer’s former school fellows will learn with keen regret of his untimely fate.
04 July 1919
PEACE SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'CRAVEN HERALD' – CRAVEN'S FALLEN OFFICERS
SECOND-LIEUTENANT E. G. GOODMAN
Dorset Regiment, a relative of Nurse Beresford, Skipton, killed in action in France April 12th, 1917, aged 22 years. Former School Captain of Rugby and cricket team, Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton.
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14 December 1917
FOUNDER’S DAY AT SKIPTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
A Fifteenth Century Foundation – War Memorial Proposed
COMMEMORATION SERVICE
Wednesday’s proceedings were opened with a service in commemoration not only of the founders and benefactors of the school but also of the gallant men who formerly passed through the school and who had given their lives for their country in the present war. The service was conducted by the headmaster (Rev. F.G. Forder) in the big school and there was a good attendance of old boys and others interested in the school. The names of the fallen heroes are as follows:– 2nd Lieut. T.B. Bellamy, Captain C.D. Bennett, 2nd Lieut. T.D. Broughton, Captain C.W. Brown, Gunner Philip Brown, Corporal H.S. Caw, Sergt. J. Cockerill, 2nd Lieut. H. Colley (master), Major M.E. Cookson, 2nd Lieut. E.G. Goodman, 2nd Lieut. F.H. Gill, Private W. Hartley, Rifleman W.M. Jowett, Lieut. H. Knowles, 2nd Lieut. C.H. Lee (master), 2nd Lieut. J.C. McIntyre, Captain J.B. McKay, Lance-Corporal A.J. Metcalfe, J.H. [E.] Metcalfe, Private E. Platt, Private C.T.W. Rigby, 2nd Lieut. W.A. Rodwell, Sergt. A.F. Ryder, Lieut. E.J.C. Supple (master), Private F. Thornton, Rifleman H. Tindall, Sergt. H. Walker, Gunner Herbert Watson, 2nd Lieut. Alec Wilson, Private Cameron Wilson, 2nd Lieut. Ian Wilson.
Among the old boys who have gained distinctions are the following:– Military Cross, Second-Lieutenant J.G. Berry, Second-Lieutenant J.B. Hartley, Captain J.T. Hurst, Lieut. P. Jowett, Lieut. J. Petty, and Capt. T.B. Pollard (master); Distinguished Conduct Medal, Corpl. W.A. Murgatroyd; Mentioned in Despatches, Lieut. J. Pethybridge, Capt. Allan Wilson, and many others.
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