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Surname: GOULDING
Forename(s): John William
Place of Birth: Brampton, Westmorland
Service No: 14319
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1915-08-21
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 118 to 120.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ADDINGHAM, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
John William Goulding was the son of George and Margaret Goulding, née Airey. George was born at Brampton and Margaret at Mallerstang, Westmorland.
1891 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: New Town - John Wm Goulding, aged 5 years, born Brampton, Westmorland, son of George and Margaret Goulding.
1901 Addingham, Yorkshire Census: 12, Victoria Terrace - John Wm Goulding, aged 15 years, born Brampton, Westmorland, son of George Goulding, widower.
1911 Todmorden, Yorkshire Census: Higher Ashes Farm - John William Goulding, aged 25 years, born Brampton, Westmorland. [John was employed by Henry Barritt, Farmer.]
John was married to Hannah Sanderson in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte J. W. Golding [sic], 14319, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (2b) Balkans. Date of entry therein: 7.7.15. Died 21.8.15.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte John W. Goulding , 14319, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: ( - ) Date of entry therein: ( - ) K. in A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte John William Goulding, 14319, 8 W. Rid. R. K. in A. 21.8.15.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte John William Goulding, 14319, 8/W. Riding Regt. Date and Place of Death: 21.8.15. Dardanelles. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Hannah. £5 15s. 6d.
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: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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Marriage Register of All Saints' Church, Ilkley, Yorkshire
Entry for the marriage of John William Goulding to Hannah Sanderson, 7 March 1915
Courtesy of West Yorkshire Archive Service
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14 April 1916
TO THE MEMORY OF ADDINGHAM COMRADES
The following lines have been written by Corpl. Sylvester Selby, R.E., of the British Expeditionary Force, France.
“To the memory of our dear comrades from Addingham who fought so valiantly, and died so nobly in the sacred cause of freedom, justice, and liberty.”
We shall meet our loved ones gone some sweet day bye and bye.
Be ye not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more sorrow, neither death.”
LOVED ONES GONE
Have they gone for ever, from us,
Shall we never see them more,
Never catch the gleam of sunshine
As they did in days of yore?
Why have they been taken from us
In the fullness of their youth,
When all earth seemed full of gladness
To young hearts all full of life?
Dragged from home, and friends, and loved ones,
In far distant lands to fight
For the glory of old England,
And for honour, and for right!
On the burning plains of Egypt,
On the muddy fields of France,
On the watery bogs of Flanders,
British boys have done their part.
Done it nobly, never murmuring,
In the cause of freedom’s right,
Battles, of most bloody nature.
They have fought with gallant hearts.
Men of England! Men of Empire!
Rise in this our common cause!
Come, and smite this haughty tyrant,
That he may no more defile
Heaven’s good gifts and mankind’s God.
As we march along the country
And the devastation see,
Ruined churches, shattered houses,
Graves, with little crosses fixed.
Make us cry “O God, in Heaven,
Let us of Thy vengeance see;
Give us strength that we may carry
Justice right to victory.
Men of England! Men of Empire!
Come and help us in the strife;
Help to win a glorious victory
For the weak and for the right.
Onward, ever always onward,
Till the common task is done,
Till to those who have so suffered
In the cause of freedom’s right
Have been surely liberated
From the thraldom of his might,
Till for brothers, gone before us,
He has paid a fearful toll.
Shall we ever more behold them
In that told-of spirit land?
Where they say there is no sorrow,
Neither death shall be no more?
Let us each be all the stronger
In the hope of such great gain,
Let us carry on our labour,
Sure we’ll meet our friends again.
Corporal Sylvester Selby, R.E.
France, April 8th, 1916.
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