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GOODWIN E<br />
Private G/9372 Ernest Eli GOODWIN. 6 th Battalion, The Buffs (East <strong>Kent</strong> Regiment). Died<br />
Saturday 7 th October 1916. Born Ashford. Enlisted Ashford. Resided Headcorn. Formerly (1901)<br />
42 Brickyard Cottages, Pluckley, <strong>Kent</strong>. Ernest has no known grave. His name appears on the<br />
Thiepval Memorial, The Somme, France. Grave reference 5D.<br />
The 1901 census gives –<br />
42, Brickyard Cottages, Pluckley<br />
Eli GOODWIN 50 Railway Platelayer Smarden<br />
Mary A 48 Smarden<br />
William 23 Smarden<br />
James 18 Agricultural Labourer Pluckley<br />
Herbert 15 Smarden<br />
Ernest E 13 Smarden<br />
Gabriel 10 Pluckley<br />
Percy 7 Pluckley<br />
Amy 5 Pluckley<br />
On the 7 th October the 6 th battalion was in action fighting in the Battles of The Transloy Ridges.<br />
On the 1 st October the battalion was at Lonqueval in the morning. Later in the day it went into<br />
reserve trenches at Guedecourt. The battalion went forward under extremely heavy machine gun<br />
fire. About 350 men were killed, missing or wounded. Ernest was one of those killed.<br />
HENNIKER E.E<br />
Private G/24433 Ernest Edward HENNIKER. 9 th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died<br />
Thursday 21 st February 1918. Born Smarden. Enlisted Tonbridge. Son of Edward and Jane<br />
Henniker of The Hurst, West Peckham, Maidstone, <strong>Kent</strong>. Buried in the Tincourt New British<br />
Cemetery, France. Grave reference IV.F.12.<br />
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