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James Goodwill

Private

Service No. 3812

Age 16

Died on 22 March 1916

Lincolnshire Regiment

ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST. ELOI

Pas de Calais, France

Son of Rose H. M. and the late John Goodwill, of Grimsby.

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Henry Harrison

James, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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James Goodwill

Such a short life! like so many others.

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Matt Kemp

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. 22 March 1916 - 22 March 2016

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James, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st Lincolns myself, ...

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James Goodwill was born in 1900 in Hull to John and Rose Hannah Goodwill (nee Swinn). He joined the Lincolnshire Regiment at the start of 19...

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