Private Walter Goodwin

Army Number: 31626

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at New Tupton, Derbyshire. Son of Charles and Rebecca Goodwin, of 10, Conway Terrace, New Tupton. Husband of Alice Goodwin. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He was killed in action, on 27th September 1918 whilst in the British attack near Oppy Wood, France.

Buried: Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, France. Plot 4. Row J. Grave 7.

His brother Sergeant Sam Goodwin, Machine Gun Corps, also fell in the Great War on the same day.

Private Walter Goodwin is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John’s Church War Memorial, New Tupton, Derbyshire.