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32030 ‘B’ Company, 14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Frederick Goodfellow was born in 1892 in Westminster, London. The son of James and Eliza Goodfellow. He married Mary Ann Risby in 1913 in Holborn, London and was living in St. Pancras when he enlisted and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers (formerly 27825) before transferring to the Welsh Regiment.
Frederick first served in France on 5 December 1915, it is not known when he transferred to the Welsh Regiment which formed part of the 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division but it is likely that he went over to Le Havre with the Division in December 1915. The Division arrived in France with a poor reputation, seen as a political formation that was ill-trained and poorly led. Its baptism by fire came in the first days of the Battle of the Somme, where it captured Mametz Wood at a loss of nearly 4,000 men.
In 1918 the battalion saw action during the Second Battle of the Somme1918 at the battles of Albert (21 - 23 August) and Bapaume (31 August - 3 September). These were offensive operations over the same ground that had been fought over in 1916 and part of the Allies hundred days offensive.
Frederick died aged 26 on 3 September 1918. There is no known grave and he is remembered on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
A Cross of Remembrance was laid by his name in March 2014.
His widow Mary lived at 77 Cross Street in Sudbury after the war.
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