https://goodchilds.org/copyright/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deed3.pngdeedThe Goodchilds of Grundisburgh by Henry Finch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deed2.pngdeedhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deed1.pngdeedhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/deed.pngdeed2018-12-31T16:38:01+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/the-letters/2018-12-31T16:35:15+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/contents/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/joe_and_etta1.pngjoe_and_etta1Joe and Etta Goodchild in the garden at The Fens, Grundisburgh, early 1920s?2018-11-25T18:46:41+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/contact/2017-05-13T22:45:49+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/sources-consulted/2016-01-25T15:45:28+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/charles-henry-goodchild/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/retreat-from-mons.jpgRetreat from MonsThe BEF first made contact with the enemy at Mons, across the Conde-Mons canal. 2/Suffolk was one of four infantry battalions in 14th Brigade, 5th Division.https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/combine_images.jpgcombine_imagesLetter courtesy of Pauline Bryonhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/letter-advisng-of-death-page-2-29-06-1915-e1416421339378.jpgletter advisng of death page 2 29-06-1915https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/letter-advising-of-death-front-page-29-07-19151-e1416420828341.jpghttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/card-rip-26-08-20081.jpgCard RIP 26-08-2008(1)Memorial cardhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/boulogne-cemetery-2-1915.jpgBoulogne Cemetery 1915https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/charlie-c-19031.jpgCharlie c. 1903Charlie Suffolk Regiment no date. Photo courtesy of Rodney Barkerhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/boulogne-cemetery-1915.jpgBoulogne Cemetery 1915https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/charlie-c-1913.jpgCharlie c. 1913Charlie PC101 1913. Photo courtesy of Pauline Bryonhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/charlie-c-1903.jpgCharlie c. 19032015-01-27T15:42:17+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/edmund-leonard-ned/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-9ab.pngNed 9abBurial at Cottage Garden (left), Memorial at White House in 1962 (right)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-11b.jpgNed 11bAnniehttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-11a.jpgNed 11aLast cigaretteshttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-10b.jpgNed 10bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-10a.jpgNed 10aWhite House Cemetery under construction in 1920s (above) and in 1985 (below).https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-9b.jpgNed 9bMemorial at White House (1962)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-9a.jpgNed 9aBurial at Cottage Gardenhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-8.jpgNed 8Aftermath of a German gas attack, believed to be phosgene, on a BEF emplacement in 1916. Photo by Hermann Rexhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-7b.jpgNed 7bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ned-7a.jpgNed 7aNed was killed during this German attack. Source: Edmonds (1932) p. 1592015-01-01T17:50:17+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/george/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george8b.pnggeorge8bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george8a.pnggeorge8aUndated pictures of Graylingwell: Queen’s E1 was George’s ward, bed 53. Pictures courtesy of Katherine Slayhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george4b.pnggeorge4bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george4a.pnggeorge4a"Sandgate is about ten minutes walk off our camp..."https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george3b.pnggeorge3bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george3a.pnggeorge3aGeorge, Ned and Arthur all enlisted at this school, probably the main recruiting centre for south-east Suffolk. After one night here George was sent to the Regiment’s home depot at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds. Ned and Arthur spent at least a week at Ranelagh Road before transferring to Shorehamhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george8ab1.pnggeorge8ab1Undated pictures of Graylingwell: Queen’s E1 was George’s ward, bed 53. Pictures courtesy of Katherine Slayhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george4ab1.pnggeorge4ab1https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george3ab1.pnggeorge3ab1George, Ned and Arthur all enlisted at this school, probably the main recruiting centre for south-east Suffolk. After one night here George was sent to the Regiment’s home depot at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds. Ned and Arthur spent at least a week at Ranelagh Road before transferring to Shorehamhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george8.pnggeorge82014-11-08T15:44:08+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/introduction/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/intro-2.jpgIntro 21918-19: Hilda George and Cecil with Ettahttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/intro-1.jpgIntro 1Easter 1918: Arthur and Cecil, Hilda Etta and Joe2014-06-07T10:55:16+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/cecil-joseph/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/golden-wedding.jpgGolden WeddingJoe and Etta were married at Capel St Mary on 5 June 1892, and celebrated their Golden Wedding on Whit-Monday 25 May 1942 at The Fens. Standing: Marjorie, Beulah, George, Arthur, Cecil, Noreen, Aubrey; Seated: Edie, Hilda with Henry, Joe, Etta, Dorothy, Grace; In front: Anne, Teddy, Susan and Vivien. Absent was Hilda’s husband Martin on duty with the Royal Observer Corps in Bury St Edmundshttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-3.jpgF 3The village green, church and war memorial todayhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-2b.jpgF 2bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-2a.jpgF 2ahttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-1b.jpgF 1bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-1a.jpgF 1ahttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ch-2.jpgCH 2Boulogne Eastern Cemetery: courtesy of CWGChttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ch-1b.jpgCH 1bhttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ch-1a.jpgCH 1ahttps://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cecil-3.jpgCecil 3HMS Commonwealth in about 1908. Source: www.naval-history.net (CyberHeritage/Trevor Phillips)”2014-06-07T10:54:51+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/some-final-thoughts/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/f-1.pngF 12014-06-07T10:54:22+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/the-descendants-of-joe-and-etta/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/descendants12.pngdescendants1https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/descendants.pngdescendants2014-06-07T10:54:06+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/arthur/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/arthur-10.pngArthur 10Patriotic Christmas wishes (left) Advertising and the war (right)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/arthur3.pngArthur3Patriotic morale boosters from Shoreham. Note Arthur’s emphasis: ‘Tenting not the best of joys’https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-9.jpgArthur 9Framework of the Zeppelin LZ.85 being set up on the sea front beside the White Tower in Salonika, May 1916. ©IWM Q32030”https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-8.jpgArthur 8https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-7.jpgArthur 7‘If we don’t go and fight the Germans out there we shall have to do it here’ (8 July 1915)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-6.jpgArthur 6The boys’ grandfather, Henry Goodchild (1835-1923)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-5.jpgArthur 5https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-4.jpgArthur 4https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-2.jpgArthur 2Ned, me [on left] and Sutton went to Brighton yesterday and had our photos taken. We all come out well I think. We are all inclined to laugh (19 October 1914)https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/arthur-1.jpgThe young volunteer in blueThe young volunteer in blue2014-06-07T10:53:07+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/about/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/grundisburgh-map-from-os.jpgGrundisburgh map from OSReproduced from the 6th Edition Ordnance Survey map (1946, fully revised 1930, roads 1948). The Fens is located at the southernmost end of the village, just above the "B" in Grundisburgh Hall.2013-02-01T17:27:13+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.org/home/https://goodchilds.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/george.pngGeorgeGeorge, with King George V, Lord Kitchener and Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-15 2012-11-02T10:51:05+00:00weekly0.6https://goodchilds.orgdaily1.02018-12-31T16:38:01+00:00