Edward Colin Goulding
Memorial: Hawkesbury Upton
Regiment: Hampshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 11812
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Horton, Glos
Date of death: 15/12/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Helles Memorial (Panel 126-135 or 223-226 228-229 & 328), Turkey
Age: 19
Further information:
Edward Colin Goulding was born in 1896. He enlisted in 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, he later served in the Gallipoli campaign. In December 1916, on the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Turks shelled the battalion in the front line causing three casualties, including Private Edward Colin Goulding, who was killed.
He is recorded on the Hawkesbury War Memorial as ‘C Goulding’.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Many thanks to the researcher Simon Bendry
Forces War Records and CWGC