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Surname: GOULD
Forename(s): George Sydney
Place of Birth: Masham, Yorkshire
Service No: 423027
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Canadian Infantry
Battalion / Unit: 29th Battalion (Vancouver)
Division: 2nd Canadian Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1917-04-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: VIMY MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: AYSGARTH, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: THORALBY, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
George Sydney Gould was the son of George and Isabella Gould, née Mills and brother of Private John Mills Gould (17/1135) (q.v.). Their father was born at Exelby, Yorkshire and mother at Southwick, Co. Durham.
1891 Masham, Yorkshire Census: Silver Street - George S. Gould, aged 7 months, born Masham, son of George and Isabella Gould.
1901 Thoralby, Yorkshire Census: George S. Gould, aged 10 years, born Masham, Yorkshire, son of George and Isabella Gould.
1911 Brandsby, Yorkshire Census: Mill Farm - George Sydney Gould, aged 21 years, born Masham, Yorkshire. [George was employed by Reuben Hunton, Farmer.]
A short biography of George is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Canadian service records: http://www.baclac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Canadian Infantry
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 2nd Canadian Division
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St Andrew's Churchyard, Aysgarth
Family gravestone - detail of memorial inscription
Memorial Chamber of Canada’s Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
In the Memorial Chamber are the eight ‘Books of Remembrance’ that contain the names of more than 120,000 Canadians who gave their lives in the service of Canada
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
Page from the First World War ‘Book of Remembrance’: Private George Sydney Gould
Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial (Kindly supplied by Shirley Penman, Clitheroe)
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