Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: ‘Edmund Goodison, M.M., son of Sam E. Goodison and Beatrice Goodison, of 18 Long Row, and later 19 Hill Top Road, Thornton, Bradford. Prior to the War he was a butcher in the Great Horton area. Serjeant, A Company, 2nd Btn., West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), #4542783. He was awarded the Military Medal on 20 August 1944 when he was a Corporal. His Military Medal citation reads: “On the night of the 20-21 January, Corporal Goodison was in command of a section of a company (serving on the Burma Front). The company had been ordered to carry out an infiltration attack during the night on the enemy post in the village of Nyaunggyaung, Akran, which had been holding up 2 companies of another unit. The first attempt to infiltrate into the village failed. At the second attempt, Corporal Goodison’s section was point section. Corporal Goodison led his section with great determination and calm courage in most difficult circumstances, and it was largely due to his fine leadership that the second attempt was successful and the company able to get close grips with the enemy. Corporal Goodison received a severe wound, but in spite of his pain he continued to inspire his section and others close to him by his coolness and making light of his wound over a period of 18 hours."
Discharged due to illness, from which he never recovered. Died 12 July 1947, aged 32 in Grassington Sanitarium. Grave Reference:Sec. K. Grave 578, Thornton Cemetery.