Captain Edward Russell GOULD Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
2nd Battalion East Surrey Regiment attached to the 11th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Date of birth: 1st September 1890
Date of death: 18th February 1971

Died aged 80
Commemorated at Stourbridge Crematorium, Worcestershire
Edward Russell Gould was born at "Staverton", Cleve Road, West Hampstead in London on the 1st of September 1890 the son of Arthur William Gould, a stockbroker, and Amy (nee Strachan formerly Russell) Gould of 10 Clive Road, West Hampstead. He was christened on the 1st of November 1890 at St Mary's Church, Kilburn.

He was educated at Hazelwood School until December 1904 where he was a member of the Football XI in 1904. The school magazine wrote the following of his season that year: - "(Outside right) - Does not make sufficient use of his weight and pace, but has come on a good deal."

On leaving the school the magazine wrote of him: - ....also goes to Wellington. He was in the Football XI and a first rate actor."

He went on to Wellington College where he was in Mr. Brougham's House from January 1905 to April 1908. He attended Merton College Oxford from 1909.

He was in business from 1912 to 1914 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion East Surrey Regiment on the 13th of March 1915. He was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant on the 5th of October 1915 and was attached to the 2nd Battalion of his regiment. He embarked for France on the 4th of October 1915 and joined his battalion in the field at their billets at L'Ecleme, where they were recovering from their losses at the battle of Loos.

On the 22nd of October 1915, the battalion began their journey to Marseilles where they boarded the SS "Royal George" and the SS "Transylvania" on the 24th and sailed on the 25th. They landed at Alexandria in Egypt on the 30th, disembarked on the 31st and made their way to camp at Sidi Bishir. On the 26th of November 1915 the battalion sailed again, travelling via Mudros and landed at Salonika on the 1st of December. Here they were in and out of the line for months and suffered from an outbreak of disease in June 1917 which decimated their ranks.

He was promoted to Acting Captain while in command of a Company on the 13th of September 1916 and was later transferred to the 11th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers after which he served at Constantinople and was awarded the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)

He went into farming from 1921 to 1924 and served as Private Secretary to The Mining Trust Ltd from 1924 to 1928. He was married to Nancy Olivia Marion (nee Johnson) in 1929; they had a son, Michael J.R., born on the 4th of February 1930 and a daughter Jill, L, born in 1935. They lived at The Old Cottage, Park Avenue, Caterham in Surrey.

During the Second World War he served with the War Office.

HHe died at Kidderminster General Hospital on the 18th of February 1971 and was cremated on the 22nd of February at Stourbridge Crematorium in Worcestershire.
Went on to Wellington College

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