This name is on St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Goodey, A. G. S. )
(Alfred George Samuel Goodey)
Service no 197846
Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 521st Siege Bty.
Died on 28 June 1918, aged 24
"Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred G. Goodey, of 20, Carroun Rd., Clapham, London; husband of V. B. Goodey, of 24, Cornwall Rd., Lambeth, London."
Remembered at Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Information from WWI British Army Service Records
Joined up aged 22 years and 8 months on 8 May 1917, West London
Job was police constable (previously solicitor's clerk - on marriage certificate and 1911 census)
Height 6 feet half inch
145 pounds
Chest 38 inches+ 4 half inches
Pale complexion
Light brown hair
Grey eyes
Overlapping little toes both feet
Separation allowance was 24/6d plus 3/6d London allowance.
Joined Household Cavalry and compulsorily transferred to RGA but retained same rate of pay.
Embarked Southampton 1 April 1918, disembarked Le Havre 2 April 1918
Died with 6 others from gas shell wounds on 29 June 1918. Died same day. He had served 1 year and 52 days.
Effects: disc, photos, cigarette case, wallet, cards, purse. Widow wrote twice asking for effects.
Widow awarded 25/5d a week from 6 January 1919
Married Violet Beatrice Cockle, 20, at St Mark's Church, Kennington, 14 June 1914. His parents Alfred and Louisa were witnesses. She was the daughter of Sidney William Cockle and Mary Ann Alice Bill.
First child born 27 July 1914 - Alfred Sidney William Goodey; second 1917 (Violet Alice Elsie).
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Alfred Goodey, 16, was working as a solicitor's clerk. He lived in four rooms at 18 Lower Marsh with his bootmaker father, also called Alfred, 48, born in Lambeth, and mother, Louisa, 42, born in Camberwell. He had three siblings (a further two had died):
Louisa Goodey, 14, a dressmaker's assistant, born in Camberwell
Frederick Goodey, 8, born in Lambeth
Florrie Goodey, 5, born in Lambeth
In 1901 the Goodey family lived at 2 Lambeth Square. Alfred George Goodey, 38, was a shoemaker born in Lambeth. His wife Louisa Beatrice Cockle, 33, was born in Camberwell. Their children were:
Alfred Goodey, 6, born in Camberwell and later remembered on St Mark's War Memorial
Louisa Goodey, 4, born in Camberwell
Mary Goodey, 59, Alfred senior's mother, born in Walworth, lived with the family.