The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E F Gold

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Private Edward Futboys /Furvoye / Futvoye GOLD, G/20228, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th September 1918.

Born Dalston, E. son of Edward & Isabella Gold, (nee Darby), 5 Dennetts Road, New Cross, SE15

21st May 1884, Hackney, baptism of Edward Futvoye Gold, son of Edward Futvoye, (Law stationer), & Isabella Gold, 20 Salisbury Road, Hackney, London.

11th April 1903, Camberwell Register Office, married Caroline Norton, spinster.

Children - Edward Gold, born 15th January 1905, Camberwell; Charles Gold, born 5th December 1906, Camberwell; Frederick Gold, 18th June 1912, Camberwell; Dorothy Emma Gold, born 3rd July 1914, Camberwell.

1911 Census - 167 Kirkwood Road, Peckham, SE - Edward Furvoye Gold, head, age 29, married, shop assistant, fishmonger, born Dalston, London; Caroline Gold, wife, age 34, married 8 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Peckham, London; Edward Gold, son, age 6, school, born Peckham, London; Charles Gold, son, age 4, born Peckham, London; Alice Florence Gold, daughter, age 9 months, born Peckham, London; Emma Norton, sister in law, age 40, single, domestic housemaid, born Peckham, London.

Enlisted Camberwell, SE, age 34 years & 330 days, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 140lbs, fresh complexion, hazel eyes, brown hair. Resided 13 Dayton Grove, Peckham, SE / 3 Dennetts Road, New Cross, SE15. Formerly fishmongers assistant.

Allotment of pay of 6d a day to family.

Home 9th November 1915 to 10th October 1917; BEF 11th October 1917 to 19th November 1917; Home 20thNovember 1917 to 29th March 1918; BEF, 30th March 1918 to 7th September 1918.

9th November 1915, enlisted; 10th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 11th June 1917, mobilized; 12th June 1917, posted 1st Reserve, City of London Regiment, Service No.204810; 12th October 1917, Southampton, embarked; 13th October 1917, Havre, disembarked; 13th October 1917, 7 Infantry Base Depot; 16th October 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st October 1917, joined Battalion; 12th November 1917, 5 General Hospital, Trench Feet; 20th November 1917, to UK, Hospital Ship "St David"; 20th November 1917 to 27th November 1917, East Suffolk & Ipswich Hospital, admitted, trench feet, between toes black & extremely painful, also pains in knee joints; 27th November 1917 to 5th February 1918, Heathfield Auxiliary Hospital, trench feet; 5th February 1918 to 9th March 1918, Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne, trench feet; 9th March 1918 to18th March 1918, furlough from Convalescent Hospital, Eastbourne; 18th March 1918, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th March 1918, posted BEF / embarked / disembarked & 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd April 1918, joined 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 9th May 1918, Casualty Clearing Station, wounded, gas shell; 11th May 1918, Boulogne, USA General Hospital, wounded, gas shell; 18th May 1918, Ecault, Convalescent Depot; 11th June 1918, Boulogne, 5 Rest Camp; 13th June 1918, Etaples, "J" Depot; 28th June 1918, posted & proceeded to join 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd July 1918, joined 6th Battalion, In the Field.

18th May 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 38/8? a week will cease.

19th May 1919, Pension of 33/9 a week awarded to widow & four children.

2nd June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Caroline Gold, 3 Dennetts Road, New Cross; Children - Edward Gold, 15th January 1905, 3 Dennetts Road, New Cross; Charles Gold, 5th December 1906, 3 Dennetts Road, New Cros ; Frederick Gold, 18th June 1912, 3 Dennetts Road, New Cross; Dorothy Emma Gold, 3rd July 1914, 3 Dennetts Road, New Cross: Mother, Isabella Gold, 5 Dennetts Road, New Cross; Brothers - Charles Gold, age 36, 1 Willow Walk, Bermondsey; Henry Gold, age 30, 28 Walpole? Road, Woodford, Essex; George Frederick Gold, age 29, 5 Dennetts Road, New Cross; John Gold, age 27, 5 Dennetts Road, New Cross; Sister - Isabel Florence Goodman, age 40, 88 Thornton? Avenue, Chiswick, SW.

Buried at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, I. A. 4., Epehy, France.

NOTE: Soldiers Died in the Great War show Battalion as 1st; CWGC web site show Battalion as 6th.

This page was last updated on 04-Jul-2021.