Rifleman Frederick Harold Goodship
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1888
Date of Death
15 Apr 1918
Regiment
Service Number
41478
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
169 High Town Road
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
Beds & Herts Tuesday Telegraph , 12th August 1919
Pte Frederick Horace Goodship, 41478, 12th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was killed in action in France on April 15th, 1918. It was not until August 1919 that widow Dorothy was officially informed that it was presumed he had died on that date.
Pte Goodship had enlisted in the 1/5th Bedfords (3824) in September 1914 and served at Gallipoli. He was invalided home from Egypt suffering from dysentery, and after recovery he was transferred to the Royal Irish Rifles and sent to France.
He had married Dorothy King at St Matthew's Church, Luton, on May 8th, 1915. Dorothy was living at 169 High Town Road at the time of her 30-year-old husband's death.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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