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Son of William Edward and Alice Goodyear. His father Pioneer William Edward Goodyear, died on April 12, 1917, while serving with the Royal Engineers, 11th Labour Bn.
Digital gallery of Corporal William Edward Goodyear
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Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Photo from Martyn Cruickshank. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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A group photo of 4th Battalion men depicting William Edward Goodyear in the front. He died for the cause of freedom and 100+ years still hasn’t diminished his glory. You are not forgotten. Image was purchased by Andrew Webb-Trezzi in 2020.
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From the Hamilton Spectator 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 416 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Bouchoir is a village in the Department of the Somme on the straight main road from Amiens to Roye. The BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY is on the north-east side of the road nearly 2 kilometres south-east of the village.
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