Private Walter Gooderham (Wortham) 9th Suffolk Regiment Killed in Action 1917

The edition of the Norwich Mercury dated Saturday October 20 1917 included this picture along with the caption Pte. Walter Gooderham, son of Mr. James Gooderham, of Wortham, killed in action.

Walter Gooderham……………………………………………..

Soldiers Died in the Great War records that Private 35184 Walter Gooderham was Killed in Action on the 27th September 1917 whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He was born Wortham and enlisted Bury St.Edmunds. No place of residence is listed.

GOODERHAM, WALTER
Rank:………………………………Private
Service No:………………………..35184
Date of Death:……………………27/09/1917
Age:……………………………….20
Regiment:…………………………Suffolk Regiment, 9th Bn.
Grave Reference:…………………II. M. 5.
Cemetery:
MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY
Additional Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Gooderham, of Magpie Green, Wortham, Suffolk.
CWGC: www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/523091/GOODERHAM,%20W...

The Medal Index Card for Private 35184 Walter Gooderham, Suffolk Regiment is held at the National Archive under reference WO 372/8/58185
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D2367026
He qualified for the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. There is no additional information on the card, but the award of only those medals tells us he first entered a Theatre of War after the 31st December 1915.

His Service Records do not appear to have survived the incendiary attack during the Blitz on the Warehouse where all the Army Service Records were stored.

No obvious Soldiers Will or Civil Probate for this man.

Birth………………………………….

The birth of Walter Gooderham was recorded in the Hartismere District in the July to September quarter, (Q3), of 1897.

The most likely marriage of his parents had occurred in the Hartismere District in the October to December quarter, (Q4) of 1892. This was when a James Gooderham married a Thirza Caroline License.

1901 Census of England and Wales

The 3 year old Walter, born Wortham, was recorded at a dwelling at Magpie Green, Wortham. This was the household of his parents, James, (aged 35 and a Horseman on Farm from Wortham), and Carrie, (aged 34 and born Palgrave, Suffolk). As well as Walter, their other children are:-
Frederick J………….aged 7……..bornWortham
Lillie S…………………aged 5…….born Wortham

1911 Census of England and Wales

The family were still living at Magpie Green. Parents James, (45, Farm Labourer) and Thirza Carrie, (44 – now stated to be born Wortham), have been married 18 years and have had 4 children, of which 3 were still alive. Walter, (13), is still at school. Older brother Frederick James, (17), is working as a Farm Labourer.

Until September 1911 the quarterly index published by the General Registrars Office did not show information about the mothers’ maiden name. A check of the General Registrars Office Index of Birth for England and Wales 1911 – 1983 shows no matches at all for children registered with the surname Gooderham, mothers’ maiden name License.

On the day………………………….

The Battalion and the Division they were part of, (the 6th), were spared the horrors of Passchendaele. I don’t have access to the War Diary. Even the official History of the Division doesn’t add much.

Page 33: A Short History of the Sixth Division.

On the 24th to the 27th August the Division was relieving the Canadians on the Hill 70 front. The month spent in that sector was one of hard work for all ranks consolidating the newly won position, but was without important incident.

On the 24th September the Division side-stepped into the Cite St.Emile sector just north of Lens, and commenced preparations for an attack north of Lens, to be carried out in conjunction with the projected attack by the Canadian Corps on Sallaumines Hill. This project was, however, abandoned, and on the 23rd October the Division was withdrawn into rest in the St.Hilaire area, west of Lillers.
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