Glennie Robert "Glen" Goebel

1894 - 1918  (24 years)

• Name	Glennie Robert "Glen" Goebel
  Born	30 Jan 1894	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25227960
  Honoured	Glen Goebel Court, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
  	Glen Goebel Court in New Hamburg is named after him
  Military	WW1  [3]
  Occupation	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Salesman - Grocery store
  Residence	1911	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Lutheran
  Military	1914	WW1
  	WW1, 111th Battalion, Service #730696
  Military	1914	WW1   [5]
  	WW1, Private, 111th Battalion / 4th Battalion
  Name	Glen Goebel
  Occupation	1916	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	clerk
  Residence	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5]
  Residence	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-85948P
  Died	21 Oct 1918	, France
  Buried	Hasnon Churchyard, Nord-de-Calais, France
  Person ID	I85948	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Frederick Goebel,   b. 3 May 1857, Mitchell, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1936, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Louisa Rosina Kraus,   b. 14 Feb 1861, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Dec 1943, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)
  Married	25 Jun 1884  [6]
  Family ID	F22305	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Private Glennie R. Goebel

  
  

• Notes

  The following letter received by Mrs. Fred Goebel, explains how their son, Pte. Glennie Goebel, came to his death. France, Oct. 24th, 1918. Mrs. Goebel, New Hamburg. Ont. Dear Mrs. Goebel: It is with deep regret that I write to inform you of the circumstances of death in action of your son, No. 730696 Pte. G. R. Goebel. Glennie had been in the Battalion Runners of this unit for over 14 months and as I am employed in the Orderly Room I came to know him very well. He was very popular around head quarters and his death was a blow to us all. The circumstances of his death are these: The battalion Headquarters was established in a house on the square of a French village. The town was being subjected to enemy artillery fire. Glennie was standing in the doorway of the headquarters talking to a number of us, who were standing just inside the door, when a shell exploded just outside the door. A piece of shrapnel hit Glennie on the forehead killing him instantly. He never spoke a word after he was hit, death being instanteous. His body was buried in a cemetery with a number of his comrades, a proper burial taking place. A cross was erected over his grave and a number of his fellow runners gathered several bunches of flowers and put them on his grave. Military regislations do not permit me to inform you of his grave location, but if you will write to the "Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries" Winchester House, St. James Square. London, England. this information ean be obtained. His personal effects were forwarded through the usual channels and will reach you in due course of time. If there is any other information which you would like, I will gladly furnish it. With deepest Sympathy Very sincerely No. 195179 C. H. Manley Cpl. France, Oct., 12th 1918 The Chronicle Telegraph 21 Nov 1918, p. 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 4. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 26;. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. Glennie Robert Goebel Residence: New Hamburg, Ontario Birth Date: 30 Jan 1894 Birth Location: New Hamburg, Waterloo C, Ontario Relative: Mrs F Goebel Relationship: Mother Regiment Number: 730696, occ. clerk of New Hamburg. 21 Mar 1916 [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. [S1890] Military - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Public Library WW1 Soldiers Card Index Soldier Information Cards - World War One. [S699] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1891, Section 1 Page 1.

  
  

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  Born - 30 Jan 1894 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Glen Goebel Court in New Hamburg is named after him - - Glen Goebel Court, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Salesman - Grocery store - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - clerk - 1916 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Oct 1918 - , France  = Link to Google Earth