1 9th R Dublin Fus
B.E.F
France 24/11/16 Dear Mr Tyner It is with the
greatest sorrow & sympathy
that I write these few
lines to tell you something
concerning the death of
your son. The news
of Goodwin's death came
as a great blow to me,
and at first I could
not believe it. After the capture 2 of Ginchy on Sept 9th there
were only three officers
left unwounded with the
battalion — Goodwin, a chap
called Dalton and myself. I was with Goodwin
during the attack in the
afternoon about 5 pm, and
we were together during
the night until relieved
by another regiment. During the relief about
4 am on morning on Sept 10th
he & I were walking about
collecting our me in one
spot before marching out
when he got hit by a 3 stray bullet in the right
thigh. I had him dressed
by the Stretcher bearers. He
appeared to me conscious and
cheery and spoke to me before
going back, but was naturally
very weak due to loss of
blood and little food that
day. I got the Stretcher
bearers to take him to
the dressing Station, but I
was horrified when the
told me later that he
died just on arriving there
about 4.30am. I have just come
back from leave and was 4 speaking to Mr Vickery who
had a letter from Rev Caldwell
asking for information about
Goodwin. He and I have been
together in our military life
for the past 17 months and
were at Cork Kinsale and
Moore Park together and also
came to France the same day. He is greatly missed in
the battln as he was a general
favourite with officers & men. Please accept my deepest
sympathy in your sad bereavement. Yrs very Sincerely Nicholas Hurst.