GOULD Joseph

Appears on Hampton War Memorial under:
SERVED IN H.M. FORCES
DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919

Joseph Gould was born in 1895 and at the time of his enlistment he lived at 102 Pershore Road, Great Hampton, Evesham, Worcestershire. He enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery at the age of 19 years and 5 months on 30th November 1914 at Worcester, serving as Driver 170 and later 845134. He served in France for 2 years from March 1915 to March 1917 when he was admitted to the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester. He was declared fit for discharge to the Command Depot on 9th May 1917 and in August he returned to France for 3 months. Joseph was then posted to Italy from November 1917 to March 1918 when he once again returned to France. He finally returned to England on 12th February 1919 and was demobilized one month later on 12th March 1919. He was awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Joseph died in the Evesham district in 1966 aged 71.