During an air raid on the Gosport area on 10th March 1941, the target most probably was the goods yard at the nearby railway station, or the fuel depot on the opposite side of Forton Road. The bombs fell to the west, exploding in the residential estates, In Avenue Road. The devastation was severe.
The site were the houses were hit is marked today, by the insertion of modern houses, with angled frontage to the road. At No. 56; Mr. William (72) & Mrs. Amelia (56) Burridge, Mrs Daisy Lewis (29) (Their daughter), Royal Marine Valentine Jellicoe, the son of John and Ellen Jane Goymer, who lived in Forton, Gosport, & his wife May Goymer (19), were killed when the house received a direct hit.
Mr Burridge and his wife had shortly been evacuated from Gibraltar, where he worked as a gardener in the grounds of the Governor's House. Equally unlucky was Valentine Goymer, who was on leave, after having served for years abroad. Contributor: soilsister31 Jan 2010
Next of Kin: Son of John Goymer, and of Ellen Jane Goymer, of Forton, Gosport, Hampshire. His brother, Royal Marine Band Musician Ernest William Richard Goymer was lost during the sinking of the H.M.S. Bonaventure.
The site were the houses were hit is marked today, by the insertion of modern houses, with angled frontage to the road. At No. 56; Mr. William (72) & Mrs. Amelia (56) Burridge, Mrs Daisy Lewis (29) (Their daughter), Royal Marine Valentine Jellicoe, the son of John and Ellen Jane Goymer, who lived in Forton, Gosport, & his wife May Goymer (19), were killed when the house received a direct hit.
Mr Burridge and his wife had shortly been evacuated from Gibraltar, where he worked as a gardener in the grounds of the Governor's House. Equally unlucky was Valentine Goymer, who was on leave, after having served for years abroad. Contributor: soilsister31 Jan 2010
Next of Kin: Son of John Goymer, and of Ellen Jane Goymer, of Forton, Gosport, Hampshire. His brother, Royal Marine Band Musician Ernest William Richard Goymer was lost during the sinking of the H.M.S. Bonaventure.
During an air raid on the Gosport area on 10th March 1941, the target most probably was the goods yard at the nearby railway station, or the fuel depot on the opposite side of Forton Road. The bombs fell to the west, exploding in the residential estates, In Avenue Road. The devastation was severe.
The site were the houses were hit is marked today, by the insertion of modern houses, with angled frontage to the road. At No. 56; Mr. William (72) & Mrs. Amelia (56) Burridge, Mrs Daisy Lewis (29) (Their daughter), Royal Marine Valentine Jellicoe, the son of John and Ellen Jane Goymer, who lived in Forton, Gosport, & his wife May Goymer (19), were killed when the house received a direct hit.
Mr Burridge and his wife had shortly been evacuated from Gibraltar, where he worked as a gardener in the grounds of the Governor's House. Equally unlucky was Valentine Goymer, who was on leave, after having served for years abroad. Contributor: soilsister31 Jan 2010
Next of Kin: Son of John Goymer, and of Ellen Jane Goymer, of Forton, Gosport, Hampshire. His brother, Royal Marine Band Musician Ernest William Richard Goymer was lost during the sinking of the H.M.S. Bonaventure.
The site were the houses were hit is marked today, by the insertion of modern houses, with angled frontage to the road. At No. 56; Mr. William (72) & Mrs. Amelia (56) Burridge, Mrs Daisy Lewis (29) (Their daughter), Royal Marine Valentine Jellicoe, the son of John and Ellen Jane Goymer, who lived in Forton, Gosport, & his wife May Goymer (19), were killed when the house received a direct hit.
Mr Burridge and his wife had shortly been evacuated from Gibraltar, where he worked as a gardener in the grounds of the Governor's House. Equally unlucky was Valentine Goymer, who was on leave, after having served for years abroad. Contributor: soilsister31 Jan 2010
Next of Kin: Son of John Goymer, and of Ellen Jane Goymer, of Forton, Gosport, Hampshire. His brother, Royal Marine Band Musician Ernest William Richard Goymer was lost during the sinking of the H.M.S. Bonaventure.
Inscription
PO/X.1862 Marine
V. J. Goymer
Royal Marines
10th March 1941 Age 26
(Cross)
Also his wife May, Age 19
Who died with him.
His bother Ernest, Age 19
Was lost at sea, 31.3.41
"Living yet in our hearts"
Gravesite Details
Marine, Royal Marines. Age: 26.
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