The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F C R Goodwin

Private Francis Charles Probert GOODWIN, G/18381, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (shell wounds, thigh & arm), received in action, 20 Casualty Clearing Station, Flanders France, 5th May 1917, age 30.

Born Bristol, Gloucestershire, son of Charles Herbert & Kate Susannah Goodwin (nee Probert).

27th December 1886, St Nicholas, Bristol, Gloucester, baptism of Francis Charles Probert Goodwin, son of Charles Herbert & Kate Susannah Goodwin.

1911 Census - 9 Wilmington Square, Eastbourne, Sussex - Joseph Willmot, head, age 58, married, apartment house proprietor, employer, at home, born Brixton, London; Fanny Helen Willmot, wife, age 57, married 32 years, 2 children, both still alive, apartment house proprietor, employer, at home, born St Martins, Surrey; Fanny Helen Willmot, daughter, age 31, single, assists parents, at home, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Harriet Brady, visitor, age 55, widow, dressmaker, born Wymondham, Norfolk; Francis Charles Probert Goodwin, boarder, age 24, single, school masters assistant, Local Education Authority, born Redland, Bristol; Florence Kimber, servant, age 29, single, domestic servant, apartment house, born Ramsbury, Wiltshire; Anton Schray, servant, age 18, single, domestic servant, apartment house, born Petochan, Bohemia, Austria.

1st June 1911, All Saints Church, Eastbourne, Sussex, married Fanny Helen Willmott, spinster.

Children - Helen Mary Goodwin, born 3rd September 1913, Eastbourne, Sussex; Charles Wilmot Goodwin, born September 1916, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Enlisted Eastbourne, Sussex, age 28 years & 364 days, height 5ft 10½ inches, weight 136lbs. Resided 23 Victoria Drive, Eastbourne, Sussex / 9 Wilmington Square, Eastbourne, Sussex. Formerly schoolmaster.

Home 18th November 1915 to 25th SEptember 1916; BEF 26th September 1916 to 5th May 1917.

18th November 1915, enlisted; 19th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 30th May 1916, mobilized; 31st May 1916, joined Battalion at Chichester, Sussex; 1st June 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Service No.12157; 25th September 1916, embarked, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment; 26th September 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 8th October 1916, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

11th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 21/- a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week will cease.

12th November 1917, pension of 22/11 a week awarded to widow & two children.

18th April 1922, widow living at St Denys, 28 Jevington Gardens, Eastbourne, Sussex.

Buried at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, X. F. 9., Saulty, France. Commemorated Eastbourne Roll of Honour

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