17855, Private, Raymond Goodman ELWOOD
Aged 20
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Born in Newmarket on 25th April 1897 [Newmarket 3b:513] to Joseph Desire and Sarah Ann ELWOOD (nee BROWN), of Park Lane, Newmarket. He was
baptised at St Bride's, Fleet Street, London on 25th May 1897. The reason for this was probably as St Bride's is the chosen church for the
media and his father was a turf correspondent.
His mother was previously married to William HARVEY (died 1892) by whom she had 4 children; Lucy Agnes 1886; William Henry 1892; Harriett 1891 and Edith Caroline 1892- She married Joseph Desire ELWOOD at St Brides, Fleet Street, London on 231st August 1895. 1901 census...Raymond [3] was at Park Lane, Newmarket with his father Joseph D [45] a racing correspondent born Westminster, his mother Sarah Ann [34] born Stetchworth, brother Gregory [9 months], half brother William [11] born Newmarket and half sister Edith [8] born Newmarket. 1911 census...Raymond Goodman [13] was at 11 Stamford Street, Newmarket with his parents and brothers Gregory Goodman [10], Thomas Goodman [9]. All three boys had Goodman as a middle name, all were born in Newmarket. Later his parents moved to 7 Montpelier Terrace, Lisburn Road, Newmarket. |
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At 8 p.m. on the 1st August, HQ of the 9th Battalion, East Surreys, with C and D Companies, moved to old French Trench, two miles south-west of Ypres, as a
preparatory step towards relieving in the new front line two other battalions of the 72nd Brigade, which had been heavily engaged on the previous day.
This relief was carried out during the evening of the 2nd August, when the Battalion moved up through Verbranden-Molen and relieved the 8th Battalion of the
" Queen's" and 1st Battn. North Staffords in the captured German trenches about half a mile north-east of Klein Zillebeke. The weather conditions were very bad
, as heavy rain had fallen for three days; communication trenches were over waist-deep in water, so all movements had to be made overland. In addition, C
Company was heavily shelled and suffered twenty casualties on the way up; but the men were not to be discouraged, and went cheerfully forward. The Battalion
remained in the front line from August 3rd to 7th, and during these five days the companies were only relieved by changes among themselves. 27 men of the East Surrey Regiment died that day, and only 5 have known graves, the rest are named on the Menin Gate. |
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