Basic Details
Surname
Goodwin
Forenames
William Percy
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
26838
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 136 Fletton Avenue. It wrongly records his date of death as 5/11/1917.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal W P Goodwin, regimental number 26838, died aged 31 on 1/11/1917 while serving in 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, and is buried in grave P.III.S.5B at St Sever Cemetery Extension at Rouen in France. They record him as the son of Mr W. J and Mrs F Goodwin of Alfrieda, Peterborough, and the husband of Mabel Goodwin of 10 Stracey Road, Norwich. Soldiers Died in the Great War likewise records that William died on 1/11/1917 serving in the 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment, having formerly served in the Royal Field Artillery under regimental number 5000. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects state that he died on 1/11/1917 at the Stationary Hospital in Rouen, and that his widow Mabel was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants Regt
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
7th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Rouen
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
November
Day of death
5
Manner of death as stated
'Died of sickness 5 November 1917 [sic] at 25th Stationary Hospital, Rouen'
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
136, FLETTON AVE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial