Andrew Goddard
CSM 370790
2nd/8th Battalion London Regiment, Post Office Rifles
Division 9
Andrew Goddard is commemorated on his parents grave with the words –
“Andrew their dearly beloved son who fell in action September 8th 1917, aged 33.
He fought the good fight”.
Establishing details have been difficult and need further research. Information has been obtained from the CWGC web site although this cannot yet be proved as conclusive. No family details were given.
The date of death was given as 5th September 1917. Andrew Goddard is buried at Track “X” Cemetery, St. Jean-les-Ypres, Ypres, Belgium. Location D. 54. The cemetery was between the front lines in June 1917, it was officially opened in July 1917, and was closed in November, 1917. The cemetery contains 150 graves and lies to the north east of the town.
The first weeks of September 1917 were a relatively “quiet period” around Ypres with preparations being made for what would later be known as the battle of Passchendaele. During those first two weeks more than 10,000 casualties were recorded. Andrew Goddard was among the dead.