Louis Golding
Born:
2 Kislev 5656 (19 November 1895)
Died:
23 Av 5718 (09 August 1958)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
2 Kislev 5656 (19 November 1895)
Place of birth:
Redbank, Manchester
Death
Date of death:
23 Av 5718 (09 August 1958)
Louis in 1917 before he went to France
Louis in 1917 before he went to France
Places
Addresses
Family home:
19 Sycamore Street Hightown, Manchester
Schools
Name:
Manchester Grammar School
Name:
Queen's College, Oxford University
Joining-Up (War Poem)
Golding wrote a number of war poems which were published in the collection 'Sorrows of War' in 1919
JOINING-UP
No, not for you the glamour of emprise,
Poor driven lad with terror in your eyes.
No dream of wounds and medals and renown
Called you like Love from your drab Northern town.
No haunting fife, dizzily shrill and sweet,
Came lilting drunkenly down your dingy street.
You will not change, with a swift catch of pride,
In the cold hut among the leers and oaths,
Out of your suit of frayed civilian clothes,
Into the blaze of khaki they provide.
Like a trapped animal you crouch and choke
In the packed carriage where the veterans smoke
And tell such pitiless tales of Over There,
They stop your heart dead short and freeze your hair.
Your body's like a flower on a snapt stalk,
Your head hangs from your neck as blank as chalk.
What horrors haunt you, head upon your breast!
... O but you'll die as bravely as the rest!
Family
Spouse
Place of marriage:
Cheetham Assembly Rooms, Manchester
Siblings
Parents
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Louis and Annie's wedding invitation
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Louis and Annie's wedding cake
The titles of Louis' books are written in the icing around the cake
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Louis with brothers Abe and Jack, 1900
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Louis and Annie's wedding invitation
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Louis and Annie's wedding cake
The titles of Louis' books are written in the icing around the cake
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Louis with brothers Abe and Jack, 1900
Military Record
Military service:
Friends Ambulance Unit
Date enlisted/conscripted:
1914
Date discharged/death:
1919
Assignments
Campaigns:
Louis was studying at Queen's College, Oxford when war broke out, and being unfit for military service, served with the Friends Ambulance Unit in Salonika and in France.
Friends Ambulance Unit Personnel Card
Friends Ambulance Unit Personnel Card
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Novelist
Position:
Golding's most famous novel 'Magnolia Street' was published in 1932. Set in the fictional town of Doomington, based on Golding's experiences growing up in Manchester, and the relationship between Jews and Gentiles on one particular street
Golding's most famous novel 'Magnolia Street'
Golding's most famous novel 'Magnolia Street'
Gallery
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Obituary in the Observer, 1958
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Poem 'The New Trade'
From an article in The Times written about forgotten war poets in 2006
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Postcard from Louis Golding in Yiddish to his father, 20/02/1916 (MGS Archives)
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Obituary in the Observer, 1958
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Poem 'The New Trade'
From an article in The Times written about forgotten war poets in 2006
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Postcard from Louis Golding in Yiddish to his father, 20/02/1916 (MGS Archives)
