Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private A. Goodchild, alias A. Smith, 16th Lancers, later 17th Lancers, killed in action on the Western Front, 21 February 1915

1914 Star (6302 Pte. A. Smith. 16/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (6302 Pte. A. Smith, 16-Lrs.) very fine (3) £140-180

Alfred Goodchild was born at Scarborough, Yorkshire, and attested for the 16th Lancers at Beverley, Yorkshire, under the alias of Smith. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 August 1914, and subsequently transferred to the 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers. He was killed in action on 21 February 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.