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Robert 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. In 1901, Robert GOUNDRY was recorded in the census in Toronto, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham. In 1903, Robert GOUNDRY immigrated to Liverpool. Robert GOUNDRY passed away in 1917 in Ypres, Belgium.

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Biography

  • In 1897, Robert GOUNDRY entered the world in Coundon, Co. Durham, born to William GOUNDRY and Phyllis HIND.
  • In 1901, Robert GOUNDRY was recorded in the census in Toronto, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
  • In 1903, Robert GOUNDRY immigrated to Liverpool.
  • Robert GOUNDRY passed away in 1917 in Ypres, Belgium.

Immediate Family

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Robert GOUNDRY's Ancestors

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Robert GOUNDRY
1897 – 1917
Birth Place: Coundon, Co. Durham
Parents
William GOUNDRY
1869 – 1957
Coundon, Co. Durham
Phyllis HIND
1874 – 1915
Coundon, Co. Durham
Grandparents
John GOUNDRY
1841 – 1925
Coundon, Co. Durham
Ann VASEY
1847 – 1908
Wolsingham, Co. Durham
Matthew HIND
1832 – 1909
Ferryhill, Co. Durham
Phillis LUMSDEN
1835 – 1898
Whitley/Earsdon, Northumberland
Great-Grandparents
Ralph GOUNDRY
1820 – 1912
Ann DIXON
1820 – 1907
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jacob GOUNDRY
1796 – 1842
Mary SCURFIELD
1795 – 1849

Robert GOUNDRY's Timeline

6 Records

1897
ABT FEB 1897
Birth of Robert GOUNDRY in Coundon, Co. Durham
Coundon, Co. Durham
1901
31 MAR 1901
Age 4
Robert GOUNDRY appeared in census in Toronto, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
Toronto, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
1903
25 SEP 1903
Age 6
Robert GOUNDRY immigrated in Liverpool
Liverpool
1911
2 APR 1911
Age 14
Robert GOUNDRY appeared in census in 62 Granville Terrace, Binchester Blocks, Co. Durham
62 Granville Terrace, Binchester Blocks, Co. Durham
1917
24 FEB 1917
Age 20
Death of Robert GOUNDRY in Ypres, Belgium
Ypres, Belgium
1917
1917
Age 20
Burial of Robert GOUNDRY in Plot 1 C 22, Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel, Nr Ypres, Belgium
Plot 1 C 22, Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Kemmel, Nr Ypres, Belgium

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT FEB 1897
    Event Place: Coundon, Co. Durham

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 31 MAR 1901
    Event Place: Toronto, Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham
    Record Source: living with his parents
    Age:
    4y

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Date: 25 SEP 1903
    Event Place: Liverpool
    Record Source: arriving with his parents, having travelled 3rd Class on the SS. "German"

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 2 APR 1911
    Event Place: 62 Granville Terrace, Binchester Blocks, Co. Durham
    Record Source: living with two siblings and their parents - he was a Coal Miner (Screen Belt, Above Ground)
    Age:
    14y

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 21 JUN 1911
    Record Source: he was listed in the Sick Department Register of the Durham Miners' Association, Westerton Lodge

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 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 volunteer Geordie battalions of the Durham Light Infantry raised in the north-east in the Great War. The 20th (Wearside) hailed from Sunderland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 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 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 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 commemorating 670 employees of BOLCKOW, VAUGHAN and Co. Ltd. who were killed on the battlefields of Europe during WW1. It was originally sited in Middlesbrough, but is now in Kirkleatham Old Hall Museum in Cleveland.

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 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 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 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.

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