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The War Memorial for Hinckley (Leics)
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
The War Memorial for Hinckley was built in the Garden of Remembrance on the site of the old castle in the centre of the Town. It comprises a stone wall with rows of bronze panels recording the names of the fallen and is overseen by a statue of the Angel of Mercy. This is positioned so that on the 11th hour of the 11th month the shadow of the Angel's outstretched arms falls across the listed names.
386 names are commemorated as having lost their lives in the First World War, and 153 in the Second World War. Additionally, 13 civilians are commemorated. A list of all the names on the memorial is provded on the Imperial War Museum's "Search UK Memorials" website.
Amongst the names are two soldiers who served in the Yorkshire Regiment,
- L/Sgt. Walter Goode and Sapper Charles Jacques.
Walter Goode's name is bracketed with that of his brother, Cpl. Lance Horace
Goode of the 6th Bn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers who died on 4/5/1918. They
were the sons of Charles and Ellen Goode of 27 Druid Street, Hinckley.
Lance Serjeant Walter Goode. 29827. 13th Battalion
the Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 32347 Notts & Derby Regt. Killed 23 January
1917.
Born Hinckley (Leicester), Enlisted Hinckley.
Commemorated on Panel 5, CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL.
Sapper Charles Jacques, 224833. 121st Field Company
Royal Engineers, formerly 4621 the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 14 April
1918.
Born Shepshed (Leics), Enlisted Hinckley (Leics).
Buried NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY.
(In the 1911 Census, Charles Jacques was aged about 32 and was married to
Edith Jacques. He was living in Hinckley and worked as a plasterer.)
The names of L/Sjt Walter Goode and his brother Cpl Lance Goode, together
with Charles Jacques, on the War Memorial for Hinckley
(Photo : Richard Roberts, <richard.nsw@googlemail.com>)
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