Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Gent City Cemetery | B. 18. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 6B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of James and Alice Gough, of Kirk Ella, Hull.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment |
1/4th Battalion August 1914 : in Londesborough Barracks, Hull. Part of York and Durham Brigade, Northumbrian Division. 17 April 1915 : landed at Boulogne. 12 May 1915 : formation became 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division. 15 July 1918 : reduced to cadre and transferred to Lines of Communication. 16 August 1918 :transferred to 116th Brigade, 39th Division. 7 November 1918 : demobilised in France. |
| Action : The Final Advance in Flanders |
28 September - 11 November 1918. As the pressure mounted in other sectors the opportunity was seized to escape the confines of the Ypres Salient. Within five days the British Second Army had pushed the Germans back over the 1917 battlefield and were advancing on Courtrai. After action at Courtrai the advance continued into Belgium until the Armistice on 11th November.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Minerva No. 250 E.C. | Yorkshire (North & East Ridings) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
12th February 1912 | 9th July 1902 | 22nd October 1902 |
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley