VALE Edwin Charles Goodyear

  • First Name(s):
    Edwin 
    Charles 
    Goodyear 
  • Surname:
    VALE
  • Service Number:
    831841
  • Rank:

    Lance Bombardier

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    62nd Brigade
  • Unit:
    B Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    2nd December 1918
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery, France, Grave I. F. 27.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

VALE Edwin Charles Goodyear Is Named On These Memorials

Bromsgrove St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About VALE Edwin Charles Goodyear

Edwin Vale was born at Bromsgrove in 1890, the son of Edwin and Ann Vale, 6, Brook Road, Bromsgrove.  Prior to enlisting he was employed as a clerk (cycle manufacturer).

Bromsgrove Droitwich and Redditch Messenger, 21st December 1918:
Mr Edwin Vale of 6, Brook Road, Bromsgrove received news from the War Office on December 11th that his son, Bombardier E C Vale, Signaller 831841, Royal Field Artillery, attached to the 62nd Brigade died in France at a casualty clearing station on December 2nd form pneumonia following influenza. Deceased joined the Army under the Derby Scheme on May 30th 1916 and went to France on April 11th 1917. Before the war he was employed at the office of the Royal Enfield Cycle Company, Redditch, for ten years. He was 28 years of age and was expected home on leave shortly to be married.

If you have any information about VALE Edwin Charles Goodyear, please get in touch
Credits: Researched by Andy Frisby.