Gould, Harold Stephen

1896 - 1916  (20 years)

• Name	Gould, Harold Stephen  [1]
  Birth	7 Jun 1896	Stoke Newington, London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	31 Mar 1901	9 Castle Hill Parade, Ealing, Middlesex, England   [2]
  	Age: 5y
  Census	2 Apr 1911	134 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England   [3]
  	Age: 15y
  Occupation	Est May 1916  [4]
  	private in the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
  Death	15 Sep 1916	Flanders, Belgium   [4, 5]
  	Age: 21y
  	Cause: killed in action
  	number 24125, 32nd Battalion., Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
  Person ID	I398	Jennerations
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Gould, Edward Stephen,   b. 14 Nov 1865, 13 Saint John's Street, Reading, Berkshire, England d. 28 Jun 1937, 134 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lambert, Mary,   b. 11 Jun 1866, Little London, Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England d. 13 Mar 1953, Morphew Lodge, Whitehouse Road, Eastwood, Essex, England (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1889	St Thomas's Church, Hackney, Middlesex, England   [6]
  	Witnessed by Charles Jury and Ann Lambert
  Notes	Witnesses were Charles Drury and Ann Lambert.
  Family ID	F191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 7 Jun 1896 - Stoke Newington, London, England Census - Age: 5y - 31 Mar 1901 - 9 Castle Hill Parade, Ealing, Middlesex, England Census - Age: 15y - 2 Apr 1911 - 134 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England Death - Age: 21y,Cause: killed in action - 15 Sep 1916 - Flanders, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Name: GOULD, HAROLD STEPHEN Initials: H S Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Royal Fusiliers Unit Text: 32nd Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 15/09/1916 Service No: 24125 Additional information: Son of Edward Stephen and Mary Gould, of 134, Uxbridge Rd., Hanwell, London. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL [7] Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Country: France Locality: Somme Visiting Information: The Panel numbers (or Pier and Face) quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panel (or Pier and Face). Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers (or Pier and Face) if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels (or Pier and Face). Location Information: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July. Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 1 August 1932 (originally it had been scheduled for 16 May, but due to the sudden death of French President Doumer, as a mark of respect, the ceremony was postponed until August). The dead of other Commonwealth countries, who died on the Somme and have no known graves, are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere. No. of Identified Casualties: 72171

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Census 1901. [S88] Census 1901 9 Castle Hill Parade Ealing RG13/1191/5/2, 31 Mar 1901. [S2274] Census 1911 134 Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, Middlesex, England RG14PN6860 RG78PN342 RD128 SD3 ED7 SN175, (RG14PN6860 RG78PN342 RD128 SD3 ED7 SN175). [S2321] Announcement in Hanwell Gazette and Brentford Observer, 30 September 1916 (Reliability: 2). PRIVATE HAROLD GOULD HANWELL TRADESMAN LOSES A FAVOURITE SON Mr E S Gould and Mrs Gould of 134 Uxbridge-road, Hanwell ,mourn the loss of their second son Private Harold Gould of Royal Fusiliers who was killed in action on the 15th instant - Second-Lieutenant Hammond in letter to the parents : "It is with extreme regret that to inform of your son's in action on the 15th instant while taking part in an attack the trenches. You have every reason to be proud of courageous son who left behind him everything dear in the world making the supreme sacrifice for the cause of right and humanity. It is was not vain for it was glorious victory. During the advance German shell burst right on to your son and three his comrades absolutely burying them and causing instantaneous death. Your son suffered no- pain this will some consolation to you in to to all who him dear and behalf of the officers of this battery I pray that will very near to you in your great trouble His presence comfort and sustain you" Called up with the first Derby Groups Private Gould trained Dover with Royal Fusiliers and to France in first week in May There transferred to trench mortar lottery and celebrated at the Front his twenty-first birthday an " old boy " of St John's (Ealing) and St Ann's (Hanwell) Schools and to the time of his enlistment assisted his father in business. An elder brother is serving Front with the Royal Late Private Harold Gould The sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends will go out to Mr and Mrs Gould in their sad loss, deceased being a young fellow much liked by everyone who knew him Mr and Mrs Gould wish, through the medium of the Gazette, to thanks their many kind friends for letters of sympathy and condolence BL_0003910_19160930_001_0001 Keywords: Newspaper harold gould Media Date: 1916 Keywords: Newspaper [S49] Joan Moate, Conversation with Helen Joan Moate. [S28] Marriage certificate of Edward Stephen Gould and Mary Lambert, 26 December 1889, (GRO for England), F0939. QUAY 3 [S345] War Grave Commission (Reliability: 2).