Albert Goodfield
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Royal Navy
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Able seaman
Parents: Isaac and Emily Goodfield
Marital status: Married
Home address: 1 East Villas South Road Portishead
Pre-war occupation: Labourer/sailor
Date of birth: 17/01/1897
Date of death: 01/05/1946
Buried/Commemorated at: Mangotsfield (Downend) Cemetery
Age: 49
Further information:
Albert was one of 5 children with 3 brothers and one sister. He worked as a farm labourer as a lad, then joined the Navy in 1915 when he was recorded as being 5'4" in height with black hair and brown eyes. His first ship was HMS Impregnable. He married for the first time in 1919 and had a son by his first wife. He resigned from the Navy in 1927 and his last ship was the Egmont II. His first wife died in 1936 and he married for a second time in 1938 and had another son. He died at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/