Stanley Goulder
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Bernard Rudolph Stanley, known as Stanley, was the son of William George and Ellen Jane (Nellie) Goulder (née Solloway).
His father was born in London and his mother in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, in 1870. They were married in 1889 (reg. OND Wolverhampton) and had six children, one of whom died in infancy: George Frederick (known as Frederick George) b. January 1890, Ethel Maraquita b. 1894, Arthur Francis b. 1896 (OND) d. 1896 (OND) and Bernard Rudolph S b. 1898 (OND) whose births were registered in the Basford registration district, and Norah Helen Mary b. May 1906 and Kathleen Martha W. b. 1909 whose births were registered in Nottingham registration district.
Ellen and their son Frederick were living with her parents, John and Ellen, at 3 Pleasant Row, Beeston, in 1891. Her husband has not yet been traced on the Census. However, in 1901 William, a cashier to a cycle manufacturer, his wife and their three surviving children, Frederick, Ethel and Bernard (Stanley) were living at 16 Hughes Street, Wolverhampton.
In July 1906, when Wiliam was declared bankrupt, the family was living at 5 Francis Street, Nottingham. In August the same year his eldest son Frederick enlisted in the Militia but within two months had transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers (see 'Extra information').
William, now employed as a builder's clerk, Ellen and four of their children, Ethel, a student, Stanley, who was at school, Norah and Kathleen, were living at 14 Elm Tree Avenue, West Bridgford, in 1911. Frederick was serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Frederick has not yet been traced on the 1921 Census, but his family was still living at 14 Elm Tree Avenue: William, now a commercial traveller (building materials) on his own account and working from home, Ellen and their three daughters, Ethel an actress with the Compton Comedy Co. Repertory Theatre, Norah who was out of work ('no previous employment') and Kathleen who was still at school.
A history of Nottingham's Theatre Royal refers to 'Edward Compton and the celebrated Compton Comedy Company'. Ethel's sister, Norah, also became connected with the theatre.
Norah married Albert Chandos Attenborough at Leicester St Saviour on 1 September 1924. She married secondly D0uglas Thomas Gorrie [Cathro-Gorrie] in Paris (consular record), probably on 8 May 1930. They had one child, Mary Rose. Her husband died between 1931-1935 (consular record, Paris) and Norah married Albert Charles Fraser Wood at Walsall St Matthew in February 1938 (see 'Extra information'). They were living in Walsall in 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled but had moved to Richmond, Surrey, by the time of Albert's death in December 1946. Norah married William Reid McAlpine in 1947 (reg. AMJ Westminster); her husband died in 1994 (residence Colombo Sri Lanka). Norah probably died in 1989.
Ethel married Leslie Frederick Crowther in 1932 (reg. JFM Rochford Essex), and their son, Leslie Douglas Sargent, was born in West Bridgford in 1933. Leslie, Ethel and their son Leslie (who was later to become a comedian and actor) were recorded on the 1939 Register at 57 Wilford Crescent East, Meadows; Leslie was postmaster and Ethel postmistress (the Post Office closed in 1978). Ethel died in 1951, she was then living in East Twickenham, and her husband Leslie died in 1955 (reg. Ealing).
The youngest daughter, Kathleen, married Walter Lilley in 1932. They probably had three children, Walter FT b. 1933 (reg. Basford) and Roland b. 1943 and Rosette Virginia b. 1947 whose births were registered in Ilkeston registration district. Kathleen, a machinist (embroidery), and Walter, a checker/packer textiles, and probably their son (record closed), were living with her parents William and Ellen at 14 Elm Avenue in 1939.
Frederick George, a foreman bricklayer and Air Raid Precautions Demolition Squad, was living at 471 Mansfield Road, Nottingham in 1939. He died in 1966 (reg. Nottingham).
Ellen died in 1941 (reg. Walsall) and her husband William in 1947 (reg. Nottingham). Their youngest daughter Kathleen Lilley died in 2002 (reg. Derby), her husband, Walter, predeceased her (1994, reg Derby).
Stanley served with the 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, a regular battalion,
The Battalion, which was in Portsmouth on the outbreak of war, served with BEF France from 10 October 1914. Stanley served in France from 30 April 1915.
Stanley was killed in action on 21 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial (panel 23 and 24).
He qualified for the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
CWGC History of Pozieres Memorial (extract): the village of Pozieres is 6km from the town of Albert. The Memorial enloses the Pozieres British Cemetery and 'relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918.' (www.cwgc.org)
CWGC (extract): 'The 1918 Spring Offensive, also known as the Kaiserschlacht, ‘The Kaiser’s Battle’, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during the First World War. The Germans intended to force the Allies to the negotiating table before American forces could be fully deployed. There were four major German offensives, codenamed Michael, Georgette, Blücher-Yorck, and Gneisenau. Launched in the early hours of 21 March, Operation Michael was the first attack of the offensive. German bombardment began at 4.40am. It lasted only five hours, but was one of the heaviest artillery bombardments in history with more than 3.5 million shells fired. By the end of the day, the British were fighting a desperate battle of survival in their rearmost defensive positions. British casualties numbered 38,500, including almost 21,000 British soldiers taken prisoner. The first day of Operation Michael remains the second worst day in British military history, surpassed only by 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.' (www.cwgc.org/our-work/news)
Stanley's brother, Frederick George, enlisted in the Militia (4th Notts & Derby) on 9 August 1906 aged 17y 7m, occupation labourer. Next of kin named as his parents, William and Helen, and brother Stanley, 4 Francis Street, Nottingham. He served 49 days in the Militia then transferred to the Royal Scots Fusiliers (9111 Private) on 10 October 1906. His service record is badly damaged and there is no record of the engagement but it seems from the limited information available that he was still serving with the Battalion in January 1914. He served with the 1st Battalion at home until 2 October 1907 when it transfered to Dublin then to Rangoon on 6 February 1909. A medical record of treatment in November 1910 shows that the Battalion was in Pretoria, South Africa, by November 1910. His record was annotated on 12 January 1914 that 'With his consent before the expiration of his period of Army service with permission to reside in S. Africa ORSA No. 10344). Presumably he was retained in the Army on the outbreak of war; the Battalion serving with the BEF France from 10 October 1914. Frederick qualified for the 1914 Star, BWM, VM. There is no record of the date he was discharged from the Army, and he has not yet been traced on the 1921 Census.
CWGC Stanley Goulder: Son of William and Helen Goulder, of 14, Elm Tree Avenue, West Bridgford, Notts.
WW1 Pension Ledgers: His mother, Mrs Ellen Goulder, 14 Elm Tree Avenue, was named on the record.
Registers of Soldiers' Effects: His mother Ellen was his sole legatee.
Spink & Son. Auction 22101. Lot 301. 'Lance Corporal S. Goulder, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on 21 March 1918 sold together with copied research including M.I.C., Commonwealth War Graves details and an extract from The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment along with original pictures, discharge documents, letters of entitlement and memorial cards for the recipient and his Grandfather, William Goulder 1846-1900.' See website which includes a short family history and a photograph of Stanley
Nottingham Journal, 7 July 1906: Published a report on the bankruptcy of William George Goulder, 5 Francis Street, commission agent, and builder, business 261 Arkwright Street Nottingham, previously employed as a traveller to a builder’s merchant.
Walsall Observer, 22 January 1938: ‘Walsall JP’s approaching marriage. The marriage of Mr AC Fraser Wood, a well-known Walsall magistrate, and Mrs Norah Cathro-Gorrie, who has taken a prominent part in amateur dramatics since she came to Walsall five years ago, is to take place at St Matthew’s Parish Church early next month.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Walsall Observer, 12 February 1938: report with photograph of the marriage of Mr AC Fraser and Mrs Norah Cathro-Gorrie (extract): ‘Prior to his retirement some years ago, Mr Fraser Wood was well known in Walsall as a valuer and estate agent and for his long connection with amateur theatricals … Mrs Cathro-Gorrie is the widow of Mr Douglas Thomas Cathro-Gorrie, of Edinburgh, and latterly of Asniers, near Paris. An authority on, and teacher of classical dancing, she has latterly been associated with Mr Fraser Wood in amateur dramatic productions. In numerous ways she has identified herself with philanthropic works in the town.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)
Probate: Crowther Ethel Maraquita of 225 Richmond-road East Twickenham Middx married women died 14 November 1951 Charing Cross Hospital London. Probate to Robert Atkins actor and Sylvia Fisher spinster.
Photo of Stanley Goulder
Commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France (www.cwgc.org)