Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Goode of Lubenham, Leics., and the husband of Emma Goode. The 1911 census records, Percy Goode, married and head of the family, a Mineral Water Drayman, born 1880 in Market Harborough, Leics., and his wife Emma, born 1881 in Market Harborough, Leics, their only child was Percival Hector, born 1909 in Little Bowden, Leics. The family were residing at 22, Bath Street, Market Harborough, Leics.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Date of Birth November or December 1879, baptised at All Saints Church, Lubenham on 7th December 1879.
1891 Census the family were living in Rushes Lane, Lubenham and Percy, aged 11, was working as an agricultural labourer


: A War Office Daily Listing number 5555 dated 2nd May 1918 declares that Driver 65985 P. Goode is entitled to wear a "Wound Stripe" as authorised under Army Order 204 of 6th July 1916. The terms of this award being met by being named in this list. How Percy was wounded is not noted and one wonders whether such wounds led to his death in September or if he received fatal wounds in a later skirmish. Looking at the records of the Royal Field Artillery, 223rd Brigade was formed from the old 71st Brigade, which was made up of 223, 224, and 225 Batteries plus the Brigade Ammunition Column. This was involved in the Battle of Loos in 1915. In early December 1916 C Battery was split up to give A and B Batteries 6 guns each. B Battery 73 (Howitzer) Brigade joined and became C Battery. These three Batteries saw much action in 1917. In 1918 they fought in the first Battle of Bapaume, the first Battle of Arras, the Battle of Soissonais and the Ourcq, the attack on Buzancy and the final advance in Artois.
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Submitted by P. Clements in 2020