Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	John Lister
Initials	JL
Last Name	Goddard
Source	2363841

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Crosthwaite House, St George's School, Harpenden, Herts	United Kingdom	school/college address	known 2nd April 1911
Harrowdene, Wembley, Middlesex	United Kingdom	parents address	known 31st March 1901

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army		Norfolk Regiment	9th Battalion	Second Lieutenant
British Army		Norfolk Regiment	9th Battalion	Lieutenant

Award	Type	Source
1914/15 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Charles Ernest Goddard	father
Eleanor Lucy Skelton	mother

Name	Relationship	Dates
Cyril Ernest Ambrose Goddard	brother	25th April 1887
Thomas Nelson Goddard	brother	29th December 1889
Irene Eleanor Goddard	sister	7th April 1892
Robert Victor Goddard	brother	6th February 1897

Date	Religion	Source
1895-03-24	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription	Judith1972
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records	Imperial1
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Jane31029
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Jane31029
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Jane31029
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	Jane31029
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Jane31029

Reference	Connected by	More information
CWGC Entry for John Lister Goddard	Judith1972
British Army Service Record	Jane31029
Baptism of John Lister Goddard	Jane31029
University of London O.T.C. Roll of War Service	Jane31029
University of London O.T.C. Roll of the Fallen	Jane31029
Medal Roll Index Card image	Jane31029
Medical and Dental Students' Register	Jane31029
1939 Register entry Sister Irene	Jane31029
1939 Register entry Brother Cyril	Jane31029
Biography of Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard	Jane31029
The Medical Directory 1920 Father Charles' War Service	Jane31029
Obituary of Brother Thomas Nelson Goddard	Jane31029
Goddard Association of Europe Newsletter	Jane31029
London Gazette Promotion to Lieutenant	Jane31029
Information from the President of the Goddard Association of Europe	Jane31029
British Army, British Red Cross Society Volunteers 1914-1918 Sister Irene	Jane31029

Title	Connected by	More information
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France	Jane31029
John Lister Goddard in uniform	Jane31029

ID: 2363841

Reference: WO372/8

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D3353275
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UPP: GBM/MCI/2366396

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 6968662

Reference: wwisd

Title: Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription

Connected by: Judith1972

UPP: GBM/WWISD/1010844

Additional: Names and military details match

Credit: © Naval and Military Press Ltd

ID: 6968693

Name: John Lister Goddard

Title: CWGC Entry for John Lister Goddard

Connected by: Judith1972

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/748814/GODDARD,%20JOHN%20LISTER
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Additional: Details match

ID: 7374542

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/748814/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/582626

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

ID: 9509856

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1901/0011162940

Additional: His name and age fit. His parents' names fit his CWGC Casualty Record.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9509860

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1894/4/AZ/000219/326

Additional: His name fits. His year and quarter of birth and the Registration District fit his 1901 Census return.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9509878

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07655/0681/9

Additional: He is recorded as Lister Goddard, the name by which he was known. His age and place of birth fit his birth record and 1901 Census return. He is a pupil (his Housemaster has recorded all the boys as 'inmates') at Crosthwaite House, Harpenden, which is a House of St George's School.

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 9509896

Name: WO 339/18677 John Lister Goddard

Title: British Army Service Record

Description: Transcription of Service Record for Lieutenant John Lister Goddard, The Norfolk Regiment.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/WO339/0319167
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Additional: His name and regiment fit the seed record.

ID: 9509907

Name: St John the Evangelist, Wembley, p96, No. 766, 24th March 1895

Title: Baptism of John Lister Goddard

Description: John Lister, son of Charles Ernest and Eleanor Lucy Goddard of Wembley, baptised at St John the Evangelist, Wembley on 24th March 1895. His father's profession was Medical Practitioner.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: His name fits. His parents names, his father's profession and the family's abode fit his 1901 Census return.

ID: 9509910

Name: p255, Goddard Lt. John Lister

Title: University of London O.T.C. Roll of War Service

Description: University of London O.T.C. Roll of War Service entry, which states that Lieutenant John Lister Goddard, Norfolk Regiment, of University College, served in France to September 1916 and was killed. The entry above his relates to his brother Cyril Ernest Ambrose Goddard.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: His name and the military details fit his seed record.

ID: 9509918

Name: p24 John Lister Goddard

Title: University of London O.T.C. Roll of the Fallen

Description: John Lister Goddard Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment. University College. son of Major and Mrs. C. E. Goddard of Wembley. Killed in action at the Quadrilateral near Ginchy on 15th September 1916. Buried near Ginchy.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: His name fits. The military information fits the seed record. His date of death and his parents' names fit his CWGC Casualty Record.

ID: 9509927

Name: Goddard, john Lister, Norf. R

Title: Medal Roll Index Card image

Description: Medal Roll Index Card image for Lieutenant formerly 2nd Lieutenant John Lister Goddard, Norfolk Regiment. He first served overseas in France on 4th October 1915 and was killed 15th September 1916. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, for which his father, Major C.E. Goddard, O.B.E., M.D., T.D. of Harrowdene House, Wembley, Middlesex applied.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: His name and military details, including his date of death, fit. His father's name and address fit the family's 1901 Census return.

ID: 9509940

Name: Year 1912, p35, Goddard, John Lister

Title: Medical and Dental Students' Register

Description: 1912 Medical and Dental Students' Register entry for John Lister Goddard showing that he passed his Coll. Precep. preliminary examination in September 1912, began his Medical Study at University College Hospital on 30th September and was registered on November 28th 1912.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: His name fits. This record fits with his University of London O.T.C. Roll entries.

ID: 9509953

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/07090/0597/2

Additional: 1911 Census return for John's parents and 3 siblings at home at Harrowdene House, Wembley, Middlesex. Their names and the address fit their 1901 Census return. His father's name and the address are also shown on his Medal Record Index Card.

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 9509958

Name: 5 High Road, Wembley, Middlesex, Schedule 3.2

Title: 1939 Register entry Sister Irene

Description: 1939 Register entry for John's sister Irene b. 7th April 1892 and her husband Harold b. 7th September 1891, a Medical Practitioner, living at 5 High Road, Wembley, Middlesex.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA%2FR39%2F0952%2F0952D%2F002%2F11
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Additional: Her name and date of birth fit her birth record and the family's Census returns. This record fits with her marriage record.

ID: 9509962

Name: 185 High Road, Wembley, Schedule 263.1

Title: 1939 Register entry Brother Cyril

Description: 1939 Register entry for Cyril E A Goddard b. 25th April 1887, a Medical Practitioner and Divisional Police Surgeon, his wife Enid b. 5th September 1889, a Voluntary Auxiliary Nurse at Wembley Hospital and their Cook Housekeeper Mabel Smith b. 25th April 1915, also a Voluntary Auxiliary Nurse at Wembley Hospital.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=TNA/R39/0947/0947C/020&parentid=TNA/R39/0947/0947C/020/11
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Additional: His name fits John's brother Cyril, who is shown at home with their parents in the 1911 Census.

ID: 9509968

Name: Goddard, Robert Victor b: 6 Feb 1897, retired 8 Apr 1951, d: 21 Jan 1987

Title: Biography of Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard

Description: A biography of John's brother Robert Victor, outlining his naval, R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. Service. It notes: "1915 Airship Officer, Barrow in Furness Airship Station. 1915 Airship Officer, Capel Airship Station. During the Battle of the Somme in 1916, he was tasked with assisting the RFC by using his airship to drop agents behind enemy lines at night. "

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Goddard_RV.htm
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Additional: His name fits John's brother Robert Victor. This record fits with his Naval Service record

ID: 9509971

Name: 1920, p689, Goddard, Chas. Ernest O.B.E.

Title: The Medical Directory 1920 Father Charles' War Service

Description: The entry reads as follows: Goddard, Chas. Ernest O.B.E. Harrowdene House, Wembley, Middlx, (Tel. 9) - M.D. Durh. 1900; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1883; M.R.C.S. Eng 1883; (King's Coll); Hon. Assoc. Ord. St. John of Jerus.; Hon. Surg., Lect, Exam. & Life Mem. St. John Ambul. Assn.; Surg. Copland-Sudbury Village Hosp.; Med. Off. & Pub. Vacc. Sudbury & Wembley Dist. Hendon Union; M.O.H. Wembley U.D.C.; Hon. Med. Off. Shaftesbury Orphan Girls' Home, Wembley; Maj. R.A.M.C. (T.) (mentioned in Despatches); T.D.; Div. Surg. Metrop. Police.; Fell. Soc. M.O.H.; Roy. Inst. Pub. Health & Med. Soc. Lond.; late Res. Med. Off & Regist. N. Lond. Hosp. for Consump.; Command. Off. 2nd Lond. San. Co. R.A.M.C.; Author 'Duties of a San Section in the Field'. Lancet, BM Jl., Med. Off. 1916.

Connected by: Jane31029

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Additional: The name fits John's father and the address is that at which the family was shown in the 1911 Census and on John's MIC.

ID: 9509974

Name: Mr T N Goddard, probably 'The Times', died 31st March 1935

Title: Obituary of Brother Thomas Nelson Goddard

Description: Obituary of Thomas Nelson Goddard, covering his education at Wadham College, Oxford, work as an Assistant Colonial Secretary in the Falklands, activities during the First World War and subsequent transfer to Sierra Leone.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/81828103/person/36452626635/media/2a41041a-b808-4260-bf01-38c36a33550c?_phsrc=Llg61&usePUBJs=true
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Additional: Although the date of birth is given as 1889 not 1890, this otherwise fits John's brother Thomas Nelson Goddard. The 1911 Census shows him as an undergraduate, which supports this entry.

ID: 9509980

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1887/2/AZ/000222/054

Additional: Records the birth of John's brother Cyril. His name and the Registration District and date fit with the family's Census returns.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9509981

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1890/1/AZ/000222/031

Additional: Records the birth of John's brother Thomas. His name and the Registration District and date fit with the family's Census returns.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9509982

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1892/2/AZ/000226/198

Additional: Records the birth of John's sister Irene. Her name and the Registration District and date fit with the family's Census returns.

ID: 9509983

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/B/1897/1/AZ/000231/142

Additional: Records the birth of John's brother Robert. His name and the Registration District and date fit with the family's Census returns.

ID: 9509985

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: BMD/M/1918/3/AZ/000442/031

Additional: Records the marriage of John's sister Irene. Her name and the Registration District fit with the family's Census returns.

ID: 9509999

Name: No 120, October 2016.

Title: Goddard Association of Europe Newsletter

Description: Article and photographs of John Lister Goddard, killed on the Somme.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: http://goddard-association.org.uk/secure/newsletters/pdf/Newsletter-120-Oct-2016.pdf
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Additional: His name and military details fit the seed record and CWGC Casualty Record. His family details fit Census returns.

ID: 9510016

Name: 22 Sept 1916, Supp. 29761 p. 9314, Norfolk Regt.

Title: London Gazette Promotion to Lieutenant

Description: In Supplement 29761 to the London Gazette, a War Office notice of 23rd September 1916 recorded that Temporary 2nd Lieutenant J. L. Goddard, Norfolk Regiment, was promoted Temporary Lieutenant from 28 May 1916.

Connected by: Jane31029

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29761/supplement/9314
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Additional: His name and military details fit. N.B. By the time this was gazetted, John had been killed in action on the Somme.

ID: 9510094

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Jane31029

UPP: GBC/1891/0007885072

Additional: 1891 Census return for John's parents and two eldest siblings in Wembley. Their names and the address fit with later Census returns.

ID: 9510249

Title: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Description: Thiepval Memorial. Lieutenant John Lister Goddard, 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, is named on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D, having been killed in action 15th September 1916.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: His commemoration on this memorial is confirmed in his CWGC Casualty Record.

ID: 9534399

Name: re Charles Ernest Goddard and family

Reference: email correspondence

Title: Information from the President of the Goddard Association of Europe

Description: Email correspondence giving additional details on the life of Charles Ernest Goddard and his sons, the third of which was John Lister Goddard.

Connected by: Jane31029

Additional: This information, provided by Charles' nephew/ John's cousin and drawing on research carried out by the Goddard Association researcher, extends that found from other sources.

ID: 9577291

Title: John Lister Goddard in uniform

Description: 2nd Lieutenant John Lister Goddard in uniform.

Connected by: Jane31029

ID: 9582192

Name: Irene E. Goddard, Nurse of Harrowdene House, Wembley

Title: British Army, British Red Cross Society Volunteers 1914-1918 Sister Irene

Description: British Army, British Red Cross Society Volunteers record for Nurse Irene E Goddard of Harrowdene House, Wembley who was engaged as a Nurse at the VAD Hospital, St Mary's Road, Willesden from 15th January 1915 to March 1918.

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URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM/RED-CROSS/228852
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Additional: Irene is named with their parents at this address in Census returns. John Lister is named too in 1901.

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