The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private L M Goodwin

Private Lewis Mogenie GOODWIN, 241594, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or since, 4th October 1917.

25th March 1887, born Tooting, SW, son of Culmer Hurst & Louisa Ann Goodwin.

1911 Census - 84 Cicada Road, Wandsworth, SW - Culmer Hurst Goodwin, head, age 53, married, assistant head postman, GPO, worker, born Pimilco, SW; Louisa Ann Goodwin, wife, age 51, married 28 years, 10 children, 9 still alive, born Maske by Sea; Culmer Alfred Goodwin, son, age 26, single, traveller, typewriters, worker, born Battersea; Nellie May Goodwin, age 26, single, mantle cutter, worker, born Battersea; Louis M Goodwin, son, age 24, single, coal merchants, wharf clerk, worker, born Tooting; Edith Emily Goodwin, daughter, age 22, single, mantle cutter, worker, born Tooting; Archilbald Goodwin, son, age 21, single, clerk, coal merchants, worker, born Putney; Olive J Goodwin, daughter, age 18, single, born Wandsworth; Winnie L Goodwin, daughter, age 16, born Wandsworth; Diamond V Goodwin, son, age 13, born Wandsworth; Queenie L Goodwin, daughter, age 10, born Wandsworth.

Enlisted Battersea, SW, age 28 years & 62 days, height 5ft 5 inches, weight 121lbs, fresh/sallow complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, slight flat feet. Resided 5 Spencer Road, New Wandsworth, SW. Formerly wharf manager /clerk.

Home 10th December 1915 to 11th September 1917; BEF 12th September 1917 to 4th October 1917.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 31st August 1916, mobilized; 5th September 1916, posted 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th September 1917, Folkestone, embarked; 12th September 1917, Boulogne, disembarked; 12th September 1917, Etaples 40 Infantry Base Depot, posted 3/4th Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th September 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th September 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 4th October 1917, wounded & missing.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108., Belgium.

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