Roland Goody
Roland was born in 1894. Roland's father was
Ephraim Benjamin Goody and his mother was
Clara Streater. His paternal grandparents were
Enoch Goody and
Ann Hersley Argent. He had two brothers and two sisters, named
Ernest,
Charles,
Margaret and
Winifred. He was the youngest of the five children.
Birth was registered between April-June 1894 in Kensington Registration District.
1901 Census shows he was born in Earls Court, London and living in 179 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London.
1911 Census shows that he was 16 years of age, born in Earls Court, Kensington, London and living in 179 Earls Court Road, Kensington, London.
He served in the RAF in some administrative capacity (Gazetted Flight Lieutenant 13 March 1941 No.68852) during the Second World War.
He eventually became the general manager of the Sedgeley Estate rubber plantation at Kajang near Kuala Lumpur.
On the morning of 30 June 1950, Roland left home to go to work by jeep at the height of the Malayan Emergency when the Communists were carrying out regular attacks against British residents, troops and property. Alma, his wife, saw him off at the door and watched him head off down the drive. A few minutes later she heard gunfire and eventually Roland's dog, which had been in the jeep, ran up the drive to the house and she realised that something had happened.
The Straits Times of 1 July 1950 recorded the events of that day:
Mr Roland Goody, manager of Sedgeley Estate … and a Malay special constable were killed early today by Chinese terrorists near the 50th mile, Kajung-Ayer Hitam-Dengkil Road.
A Chinese estate supervisor, Wong Foot, was wounded and is now in hospital.
The Malay special who was killed was Inrahim bin Ahmad aged 26.
Mr Goody was driving his jeep on the government road about 9a.m. with the Malay special constable sitting beside him and the Chinese supervisor behind.
Bandits opened fire as they went round a bend in the road and Mr Goody and the special were killed instantly before they had a chance to fire on their attackers.
The Chinese supervisor jumped from the jeep and ran into blukar by the roadside. The bandits finally gave up the chase leaving Wong Foot with wounds in both legs and arms.
Mr Goody was 56. He first came to Malaya in 1920 as an assistant with the Anglo-Johore Rubber Plantations Ltd on Mersing Estate.
Mr Goody left Malaya in 1941 and served throughout the war with the RAF. He leaves a widow in Malaya.
The funeral of Mr Goody took place at Cheras Road Cemetery.
1951 English and Welsh National Probate and Will records show the following:
Roland of Sedgeley Estate Kojang Selangor Malaya died 30 June 1950 Administration (with Will) London 9 January to Florence Ellen Alma Goody widow. Effects: £1085 4s 1d in England.
Occupation Details
1911 Census shows that he was a Wholesale Draper.
He was employed as a Manager in the rubber plantation industry in Malaya
Death Notes
He died in Malaya, please see General Notes for full information.
Died at the age of 56 on June 30th, 1950.
Roland's family with Florence Ellen Alma Tipper
Roland and
Florence were married on July 5th, 1930.
Marriage was registered between July-Sept 1930 in Brentford Registration District.
They were married in Christ Church, Twickenham on 5th July 1930.
