Photo : Angela Conroy
Medal Index Card
Glass tankard
Tyne Tees Shipping Office today, City Road
Still Surviving today Shipping Notice
John William Good was born on the 5th January 1898, at 10 Howard Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the son of Thomas Good, [baptised on the 12th May 1862], Brass moulder at an Ordnance Factory, born Bill Quay, at 14 Blagdon Street, [son of Thomas Good, born Beverley, Yorkshire in 1836 and his wife Eleanor, born Heworth in 1839], in 1862 and Barbara, [nee Caverhill] born 1872 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of eleven children, however 3 died. They were married in 1881.
The children were Nellie Clark [residing at Newcastle at Walker Road] born 1881, Margaret Ann Neil [residing at City Road Newcastle-upon-Tyne] born 13th December 1883 [in 1939 she was residing at 6 Breamish Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., Northumberland, England, with two sons, George Neill, born 21st May 1910. Male Haulage Contractor Heavy Worker and Thomas G. Neill, born 25th June 1913, Male Motor Lorry Driver], Elizabeth Bincliffe [residing at Clairhall Road] born 25th September 1885 [in 1939 she was residing with her husband, James Bincliffe, born 12th April 1884, a Male Skiing And Driller Unemployed] at 2 Mike Town Crawhall Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., Northumberland, Sarah Jane Williams [residing at Morpeth] born 1887 George born 1894, Charlotte [Lottie] born 1897, Isabella born 31st January died 23rd June 1901, Ellen born 1888 and Thomas Good born 1885.
In 1901 the family were residing at 10 Howard Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by 1911 the family minus Margaret Anne, Elizabeth and Isabella had moved to 8 Breamish Street. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The father was residing at Bill Quay at 14 Blagdon Street in 1871.
John was a painter employed by the Tyne and Tees Shipping Company for about 3 years. He attested when he was 18 years and 50 days old, on the 5th February 1915. His medical examination described him as with a Sallow Complexion, 5 feet 4 and three quarters inches high, weight 118lbs, with perfect eyesight, grey eyes, and black hair on the 23rd February at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the 3rd Battalion Durham Light Infantry as a private, service number 23645.
Whilst still training John went absent for about 6 days, from about the 8th August until the 15th August 1915. He was in the UK until the 23rd August 1915. John then embarked on the 24th August 1915 for France.
John was posted to the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry on the 24th August 1915.
On the 19th September the Battalion took over the front line for the first time. In the trenches north of Troyon. The first night was quiet but 4 men were killed due to the battalion being 'jumpy'.
On the 2nd February 1916, John was sent to the Field Ambulance with an unrecorded injury, returned the following day. On the 6th June 1916 he is sent to the 18th Field Ambulance, which was part of the 6th Infantry Division. John returned to the battalion on the 17th June 1916.
The Battalion were now located in August 1916 at the village of Harmel on the northern bank of the river Ancre. John was admitted again to the 18th Field Ambulance with Pyrexia, [which is a fever of unknown origin]. It was a symptom of trench fever, amongst many other things.
On the 27th August then to the 29th Casualty Clearing Station, [which was based at Gezaincourt from September 1915 until April 1917].
He is then admitted to the 2nd Canadian Field Hospital, with influenza on the 26th August 1916, then transferred to Boulogne.
John is transferred to the 35th Infantry Base Depot at Etaples, for being underage, on the 19th September 1916. On the 4th November 1916, he was transferred to the 7th Prisoners of War Company. At Bemencourt on the 21st January 1917 he is absent from camp from 8.30pm to 9.15pm. His punishment is he forfeits 4 days pay.
John was sent to Etaples to join the Infantry Base Depot on the 6th July 1917. John re-joined the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry in the field on the 4th September 1917.
John was killed by shellfire on the 22nd September 1917.
Then early the next morning [22nd September] a high velocity gun started firing on the right support company 2 men were killed 23645, Private John Good, and 205174 Private James Naylor, were killed and another eleven men wounded.
Source : The Steel of the DLI J Sheen.
Newcastle Evening Chronicle Monday 23/09/1918
Good.- In loving remembrance of our dear son, Pte. John William (Jack) Good, of 6 Breamish Street., Newcastle. Killed in action September 22nd 1917. Gone, but not forgotten by his loving father, mother brothers, and sisters, also niece's and nephew's, and M. Soulsby.
Good.-In loving remembrance of Pte. John William (Jack) Good. Killed in action September 22, 1917. Gone but not forgotten by Lizzie, Mr. and Mrs. Wright and family.
Photograph of a glass etched tankard. This is now owned by one of the great nieces of John William Good. She inherited this from her great aunt Lottie who was the sister of John William Good.
Research: Angela Conroy/James Pasby
John William Good is remembered at Durham in D47.013c page 258.
