Goodman, George Herbert

Date of birth:: November 25th, 1900 (Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Great Britain)
Date of death:: May 31st, 1945 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Graves Westduin
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant
Unit:: Bomb Disposal Team, HMS President, London, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: September 2nd, 1941

"For gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty."

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

George Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant
Unit:: Bomb Disposal, HMS Nile, Alexandria-Egypt, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: September 15th, 1942

"The Egyptian Coastguard spotted a torpedo-shaped object along the coast from Alexandria. The object was covered with sand and shingle, so a working party went with Goodman but on arrival they had to find the object by probing until they hit something. Once uncovered, it was seen to be a torpedo but it was not like any seen before. Three pistol firing mechanisms were visible. The working party moved back a safe distance. None of their tools fitted the screw heads, so a hammer and chisel were used to unscrew the key-rings to gain access to the pistols, primers and detonators. It was while dealing with the first of these that a loud sound was heard. Instinctively the party ran away from the torpedo. Havinf recovered their composure, they returned and made it safe. The device turned out to be the only Italian self-destroying surface torpedo that had been recovered. During January to March 1942, Goodman defused 14 parachute mines in the Suez Canal area and retrieving the first mechanism from a German C type mine to be recovered and examined. He also defused 2 torpedoes, 31 moored mines and the first "Sammy" mine recovered in the Mediterranean."