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SIGN UPRobert GOUNDRY 1897 – 1917 – Genealogical Records
Birth Date: ABT FEB 1897
Birth Location: Coundon, Co. Durham
Death Date: 24 FEB 1917
Death Location: Ypres, Belgium
Father: William GOUNDRY
Mother: Phyllis HIND
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In 1897, Robert GOUNDRY entered the world in Coundon, Co. Durham, born to William GOUNDRY and Phyllis HIND. Robert GOUNDRY died in 1917 in Ypres, Belgium.
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Event Type: Birth
Event Year: ABT FEB 1897
Event Place: Coundon, Co. Durham
Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Immigration
Event Year: 25 SEP 1903
Event Place: Liverpool
Record Source: arriving with his parents, having travelled 3rd Class on the SS. "German"
Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 21 JUN 1911
Record Source: he was listed in the Sick Department Register of the Durham Miners' Association, Westerton Lodge
Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT 1916
Record Source: he enlisted in the Army at Bishop Auckland - he was Private 11824 in the Royal Army Medical Corps, before transferring to the 20th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry as Private 27283. The 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd Battalions were the voluntee
Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: 2 JUN 1917
Record Source: the Army authorised the payment of his effects to his father - 15s-5d., plus a War Gratuity of £9-0s-0d.
Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Custom Event
Event Year: ABT 1920
Record Source: he was awarded the British Medal and Victory Medal. He is commemorated on the War Memorial at Coundon, and on a Memorial Plaque in Whitworth Parish Church. Listed as R. GOUNDRY, he is commemorated on an elaborate four-panelled oak memorial commem
Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Death
Event Year: 24 FEB 1917
Event Place: Ypres, Belgium
Record Source: a Private in the 20th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, he was Killed in Action. His home address was Binchester and his next-of-kin was named as his father William
Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Burial
Event Year: 1917
Event Place: Plot 1 C 22, Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel, Nr Ypres, Belgium
Record Source: one of 805 burials there from WW1. The cemetery was begun in January 1917 and Plots 1 to 3 were made by field ambulances and fighting units before the middle of January 1918.