Service Details
Name:
 GOODWIN
Given Name:
 BRANSBY WILLIAM
Initials:
 B W
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-30
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Date of Birth:
 1892-03-01
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, by a sniper, at Ridge Wood, near Voormezeele.
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches, French Croix de Guerre
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 July 1918 pg. 8869 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion during a hostile attack, when in charge of the right company. The front line was driven back, and realising the situation, and although under heavy shell and direct machine-gun fire, he held up the enemy until a counter-attack which was formed in the rear had time to materialize. When our counter-attack waves came on, he went forward with them, and drove the enemy back. His splendid coolness and determination were the means of stopping the enemy's advance until the counter-attack was ready, and thus saving the situation." MID LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 262; French CdG LG Sup 1 May 1917 pg. 4157
Additional
Information:
Son of William Allerton and Amelia Goodwin, of the Rectory, Queenstown, Cape Province. ***Buried at Ridge Wood, near Voormezeele
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Addenda Panel 57.

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