Ernest John Goodchild was the son of Alfred and Alice Goodchild, the youngest of 5 children, born and lived in Birmingham, he enlisted in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and volunteered for Airborne forces.

Sergeant Goodchild successfully completed glider pilot training and was posted to 1st Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment, Army Air Corps, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Sgt Goodchild was killed in action on 6 June 1944, aged 28, and was given a field burial at St Aubin D’ Arqueney and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 31 May 1945.

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