Ernest Goldstraw

Rank:

Bombardier

Regimental number:

83389

Unit at enlistment:

4th Brigade C.F.A., 13th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Staffordshire

Birth city:

Leek

Address at enlistment:

81 Grand River Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Insurance agent

Employer:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX November 16, 1916

Reported Wounded

Gunner Ernest Goldstraw of the 40th Battery was reported wounded in yesterday’s casualty list. As all of this soldier’s relatives are in England the casualty was not given as a local one. During the years he resided in Brantford he boarded with Mr. Thos. Hurst, 81 West Mill Street, who noticed the name in the lists. Before enlisting he was an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company here, and was also prominently associated with the Grace Church choir. He went overseas with the 32nd Battery and transferred to the 40th.

BX March 20, 1917

Bombardier Ernest Goldstraw, of the artillery, who was wounded on the Somme last November, recently underwent an operation, having shrapnel removed from his head. The operation proved successful and he is now on the road to recovery, at Epsom Convalescent Camp.

BX November 13, 1914

Gave Him a Wrist Watch

The local staff at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with their wives, met at the home of their assistant superintendent, F.W. Weldon, Monday, where an enjoyable musical evening was spent. The occasion was the departure for active service of a member of the staff, Ernest Goldstraw, who had been in the employ of the company two years, during which time he had rendered faithful service. As a token of his comrades’ esteem and good fellowship he was presented with a handsome military wrist watch and an illuminated address. The presentation was made by F. Weldon and Mr. Goldstraw feelingly responded. The party broke up in the early hours of the morning to the strains of “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” and “God Save the King.”