William Goodlake POWER

Commemorated:
1. Book:	The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918	Pg.132
2. Memorial:	The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour	40A GQS

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Early Life :

He was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire circa 1888, the apparent son of Fleet Surgeon W.M. Power, R.N.

In the 1911 he is living at 32 Harsnett Road, Colchester as a Boarder at the residence of Sarah Brook, a Head Teacher for Colchester Borough Council. This is who is granted probate, so maybe this suggests either debt or romantic involvement.

Family :

Probate record shows: POWER, William Goodlake of Colchester. Temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, Second Class and Honorary Captain, Army Ordnance Department. Died 16th October 1916 in France. Probate granted at Ipswich to Sarah Brook, spinster. Effects £254 14s 5d.

Education & Career :

Premium Pupil. General Engineering Works (1911)
Draughtsman (1912)

Service Life:

Campaigns:

The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.

Unit / Ship / Est.: Not Yet Known

Action : No Data

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Joined the army as a Private but was commissioned with the Army Ordnance Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. A London Gazette entry appears that "Private William Goodlake Power (from Army Ordnance Corps, New Armies) to be temporary Inspector of Ordnance Machinery, 3rd Class with the honorary rank of Lieutenant", dated 25th February 1915.

He was awarded the 1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

His records are stored at the National Archives under reference WO 339/74298

Citations & Commemorations :

He is buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension - Grave V.D.19

Masonic :

Type	Lodge Name and No.	Province/District :
Mother :	Colne No. 2477 E.C.	Essex

Initiated	Passed	Raised
8th October 1912	10th December 1912	14th January 1913

In the records of Colne Lodge at the United Grand Lodge of England it shows that William was "Killed in Action 14 October 1916".

Commemorated on a brass plaque at Wivenhoe Masonic Temple along with William Edward HORE and John HOUSTON

Source :

The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The (UK) National Archives
Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry

Additional Source:

Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
Researcher : Bruce Littley

Last Updated: 2020-05-24 05:29:06

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