Percy Goodchild

Name

Percy Goodchild

Conflict

First World War

Date of Death / Age

05/10/1918
39

Rank, Service Number & Service Details

Gunner
214057
Royal Field Artillery
"Y” Section. 74th Trench Mortar Battery

Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards

British War and Victory medals

Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
V.L.9.
France

UK & Other Memorials

Walkern War Memorial

Pre War

Peter was the son of Peter & Harriett Fitzjohn of Baldock and the husband of Minnie Fitzjohn of Bransmead Villas, Walkern.

Wartime Service

He was killed whilst working at an ammunition dump when a Mine exploded and a piece of shrapnel hit him in the head. Peter is buried at the Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, St.Radegonde, France.

Additional Information

www.stevenageatwar.com

Acknowledgments

Paul Johnson