Harry Arthur Goody
Harry was born in 1916. Harry's father was
Arthur Henry Goody and his mother was
Ethel Humphrey. His paternal grandfather is
William Goody and his paternal grandmother was
Harriet ??????. He had a sister named
Frances. He was the older of the two children.
Birth was registered between April-June 1916 in Colchester Registration District.
Occupation Details
1945 - Stoker in Royal Navy
He died whilst serving as a Stoker 1st Class aboard H.M.S. Vestal in the Royal Navy. His name is listed on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial which is on Southsea Common promenade. HMS Vestal was a minesweeper and was serving in the Gulf of Thailand when it was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze plane and twenty members of the crew were killed. The Vestal was then sunk by a British destroyer as it was unsalvageable.
The Vestal was the last British warship to be lost in the 2nd World War.
Died at the age of 29 on July 26th, 1945.
Harry's family with Amy Louisa Canham
Harry and
Amy were married in 1941. They had a daughter named
Pamela.
Still living, information private.
