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Pte. William Robert Harry Goodacre
British Army 10th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Leicester
(d.14th July 1917)
William Goodacre was wounded at the Battle of Arras in April 1917. He was then captured and taken as a POW and transported to Kassell. The first communication with his family from the POW camp was on 30th of May 1917 to inform them that he had been interned at Kassell. During his time in the camp, he was cared for by Second-Lieut Roebuck & Sergeant Windham. William died of the injuries he received to his thigh on the 14th July 1917 and was buried at the cemetery on the 15th July. His funeral was led by Sergeant Windham who also formed a choir of NCO's.