Sunday, February 21, 2010

Great grandad

Alfred Ernest Goddard died on the 16th July 1918 in Rouen. He was buried in the St Sevre Extension.
He died of Bronchial Pneumonia, a terrible waste. having gone through the was years, and dying right at the end.
He left behind my grandad Alfred Henry Ernest Goddard and his brother Reginald Goddard. My great gran had died in 1913 with cancer.
There doesnt appear to be any family photos of either of them. So, the hope was that there might be some records from the E.Surrey regiment, or the like.
How can a family go for 80 odd years and not know that a grandad had died in the first world war. I have now a copy of his medals, but a photo would be wonderful to put with them.
CAN ANYBODY HELP?
Anne