Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Goodwin
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (The Buffs)

I am just writing this letter to you before setting out on the great adventure … There is very little else to say as one can’t say much. I expect you will hear all about everything before you get this. Don’t worry too much because it won’t do anyone any good! … There will be much to tell you when I see you next.

(Goodwin to wife, 5 Jun 1944) https://ve-vjday80.gov.uk/letter/lt-col-dick-goodwin-to-anthea-goodwin/

Born on 17 August 1908 in London, Richard Elton Goodwin was commissioned with the Suffolk Regiment in 1928 after education at Cheltenham and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. While serving in India, he became aide-de-camp to the Governor of Madras in 1935. After the outbreak of war, Goodwin was second-in-command of 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment before returning to the Suffolks as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion in June 1943.

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