Ashwellthorpe Great War - Goose to Tubby
E J Goose
SDGW has an Edgar James, born Forncett St Peter, Norfolk, but with no place of residence recorded. He was 19427 Norfolk Regiment.
GOOSE, EDGAR JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 19427
Date of Death: 22/04/1916
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference
Panel 10.
Memorial
BASRA MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/865431/GOOSE,%20EDGAR...
No match on Norlink
Medal Index Card:WO 372/8/66896
He is recorded as Private Edgar J. Goose of the Norfolk Regiment.
Baptism
The baptism of an Edgar James Goose, born 12th March 1883, took place at St Peter Church, Forncett St Peter on the 29th July 1883. Parents were James, a Labourer, and Mary Anne. Also baptised on the same day was his sister Rosanna, who had been born 28th March 1881.
His place in a family tree is shown on an online site.
Father GOOSE, James Mother RICHES, Mary Ann Sister GOOSE, Ellen Elizabeth Brother GOOSE, George Brother GOOSE, Edward Sister GOOSE, Rosanna GOOSE, Edgar James Sister GOOSE, Edith Mary Sister GOOSE, Ruby Alice Sister GOOSE, Lucy Emma Brother GOOSE, Harold Bertie Sister GOOSE, Jessie Eliza
www.thegoosefamily.plus.com/fh/Goose/ppl/f/5/acfb4de84fa0...
Census
The 18 year old Edgar J, born Forncett St Peter and working as a something related to Sheep on a Farm, (unfortunately the 1901 census enumerator has scrawled some kind of classification and blotted out most of the underlying text - the Genes Reunited transcriber had him down as Sheep “Sawyer” on Farm !) was recorded living at The Street, Ashwellthorpe. This was the household of his parents, James, (aged 48 and a Teamster on Farm from Tharston, Norfolk), and Mary A, (aged 42 and from Tasburgh, Norfolk). Their other children living with them are:-
Edward……………aged 22.……….born Tharston…………..Horseman on Farm
George…………….aged 24.……….born Tharston…………..Horseman on Farm
Jessie E……………aged 7.…………born Ashwellthorpe
Lucy E…………….aged 12.………..born Wreningham
Rosa A…………….aged 20.……….born Tharston…………General Domestic Servant
Ruby A……………aged 14.……….born Wreingham
By the time of the 1911 census the 28 year old Edgar James is married and recorded as the head of the household at a dwelling at Wacton, Long Stratton, Norfolk. Working as a Horseman on Farm, he lives with his wife of 4 years, Grace Emma, (aged 34 and from Thurlton, Norfolk). The couple have already had three children, then all still alive. They were :-
Ivy Mary………..aged 4.…….born Ashwellthorpe
Jessy Mary………aged 2.……born Ashwellthorpe
Ruby Alice………aged 1.……born Wacton
The marriage of a Edgar James Goose to Grace Emma Gibbs was recorded in the Depwade District that covers Ashwellthorpe in the January to March 1907.
Grace Emma was possibly heavily pregnant with another child at the time of the 1911 census, as the birth of an Edgar J. was recorded in the Depwade District in the April to June 1911 quarter. July to September 1913 saw the birth of a Robert F Goose in the Depwade District, (mothers maiden name Gibbs) . Finally in January to March 1915 in the same District came the birth of Grace Goose, again mothers surname Gibbs. When she was widowed Grace was therefore bringing up 5 or even 6 small children.
The Siege of Kut
During the siege of Kut which lasted for 5 months aircraft were first used to try and drop supplies to the garrison. The aircraft could not carry enough supplies some were shot down and the attempt ended in failure. The Turks used aircraft more successfully in bombing the town, many troops having been wounded were then killed in hospital by an air raid. Several attempts were made to break out across the river on floating bridges, but as the river was in flood at this time of the year the attempts failed. Radio contact with the outside world was kept up until the end.
Towards the end of the siege the daily ration for British troops was reduced to ten ounces of bread and one pound of horse or mule flesh. Indian troops who refused to eat flesh were dying of scurvy at the rate of 10 to 20 a day. In all 1746 people died during the siege from wounds or disease. On 29 April 1916 Kut surrendered to the Turks.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/pte_wilby.htm
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(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
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Ashwellthorpe Great War - Goose to Tubby
E J Goose
SDGW has an Edgar James, born Forncett St Peter, Norfolk, but with no place of residence recorded. He was 19427 Norfolk Regiment.
GOOSE, EDGAR JAMES
Rank: Private
Service No: 19427
Date of Death: 22/04/1916
Regiment: Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Bn.
Panel Reference
Panel 10.
Memorial
BASRA MEMORIAL
CWGC www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/865431/GOOSE,%20EDGAR...
No match on Norlink
Medal Index Card:WO 372/8/66896
He is recorded as Private Edgar J. Goose of the Norfolk Regiment.
Baptism
The baptism of an Edgar James Goose, born 12th March 1883, took place at St Peter Church, Forncett St Peter on the 29th July 1883. Parents were James, a Labourer, and Mary Anne. Also baptised on the same day was his sister Rosanna, who had been born 28th March 1881.
His place in a family tree is shown on an online site.
Father GOOSE, James Mother RICHES, Mary Ann Sister GOOSE, Ellen Elizabeth Brother GOOSE, George Brother GOOSE, Edward Sister GOOSE, Rosanna GOOSE, Edgar James Sister GOOSE, Edith Mary Sister GOOSE, Ruby Alice Sister GOOSE, Lucy Emma Brother GOOSE, Harold Bertie Sister GOOSE, Jessie Eliza
www.thegoosefamily.plus.com/fh/Goose/ppl/f/5/acfb4de84fa0...
Census
The 18 year old Edgar J, born Forncett St Peter and working as a something related to Sheep on a Farm, (unfortunately the 1901 census enumerator has scrawled some kind of classification and blotted out most of the underlying text - the Genes Reunited transcriber had him down as Sheep “Sawyer” on Farm !) was recorded living at The Street, Ashwellthorpe. This was the household of his parents, James, (aged 48 and a Teamster on Farm from Tharston, Norfolk), and Mary A, (aged 42 and from Tasburgh, Norfolk). Their other children living with them are:-
Edward……………aged 22.……….born Tharston…………..Horseman on Farm
George…………….aged 24.……….born Tharston…………..Horseman on Farm
Jessie E……………aged 7.…………born Ashwellthorpe
Lucy E…………….aged 12.………..born Wreningham
Rosa A…………….aged 20.……….born Tharston…………General Domestic Servant
Ruby A……………aged 14.……….born Wreingham
By the time of the 1911 census the 28 year old Edgar James is married and recorded as the head of the household at a dwelling at Wacton, Long Stratton, Norfolk. Working as a Horseman on Farm, he lives with his wife of 4 years, Grace Emma, (aged 34 and from Thurlton, Norfolk). The couple have already had three children, then all still alive. They were :-
Ivy Mary………..aged 4.…….born Ashwellthorpe
Jessy Mary………aged 2.……born Ashwellthorpe
Ruby Alice………aged 1.……born Wacton
The marriage of a Edgar James Goose to Grace Emma Gibbs was recorded in the Depwade District that covers Ashwellthorpe in the January to March 1907.
Grace Emma was possibly heavily pregnant with another child at the time of the 1911 census, as the birth of an Edgar J. was recorded in the Depwade District in the April to June 1911 quarter. July to September 1913 saw the birth of a Robert F Goose in the Depwade District, (mothers maiden name Gibbs) . Finally in January to March 1915 in the same District came the birth of Grace Goose, again mothers surname Gibbs. When she was widowed Grace was therefore bringing up 5 or even 6 small children.
The Siege of Kut
During the siege of Kut which lasted for 5 months aircraft were first used to try and drop supplies to the garrison. The aircraft could not carry enough supplies some were shot down and the attempt ended in failure. The Turks used aircraft more successfully in bombing the town, many troops having been wounded were then killed in hospital by an air raid. Several attempts were made to break out across the river on floating bridges, but as the river was in flood at this time of the year the attempts failed. Radio contact with the outside world was kept up until the end.
Towards the end of the siege the daily ration for British troops was reduced to ten ounces of bread and one pound of horse or mule flesh. Indian troops who refused to eat flesh were dying of scurvy at the rate of 10 to 20 a day. In all 1746 people died during the siege from wounds or disease. On 29 April 1916 Kut surrendered to the Turks.
www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/pte_wilby.htm
For more on each name, see comments.
(SDGW - Soldiers Who Died in the Great War
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Norlink - Norfolk County Picture Archive)