Lance Corporal Frederick Horace Goodwin
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1893
Date of Death
19 Apr 1916
War time / or Pre War occupation
Goods shed worker
Employer
Great Northern Railway
Regiment
Service Number
19854
Place of Birth
Ampthill
World War I Address
Pulloxhill
Place of Death
Belgium
Grave Location
Essex Farm Cemetery
West-Vlaanderen
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luto News , 18th May 1916
L-Cpl Frederick Horace Goodwin, 19854, 8th Battalion Beds Regiment, was one of a number of soldiers with Luton connections killed in action in Flanders on April 19th, 1916.
Born in Ampthill in 1893, he was the eldest son of William and Phoebe Goodwin, of Pulloxhill. Before enlistment, Frederick worked in the Great Northern Railway goods shed at Luton. He continued to live in Pulloxhill and cycled to and from his work in Luton each morning and evening. Previously he had been a farm labourer.
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Author: Deejaya
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