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Private G Woodward

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Private George WOODWARD, G/10333, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 15th September 1916.

Born Roehampton, Surrey, son of George Woodward, 5/17, High Street, Roehampton, London.

1911 Census - 17 Mount Villas, Byron Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex - Frederick Oliver Freeman, head, age 37, married, Printers Paper Warehouseman, Printers, worker, born Chichester, Sussex; Emma May Freeman, wife, age 29, married 8 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Marylebone, London; Olive Lilian Freeman, daughter, age 7, born Wealdstone, Middlesex; Frederick George Freeman, son, age 4, born Wealdstone, Middlesex; Albert Ernest Freeman, son, age 1, born Wealdstone, Middlesex; David Smith Milne, boarder, age 21, single, compositor, Printers, worker, born Kinniemuir, Forfarshire; George Woodward, boarder, age 29, single, printers assistant, Printers, worker, born Roehampton, Surrey.

Enlisted Woolwich, Kent, age 34, height 5ft 2 inches, weight 113lbs, teeth defective.  Resided 3 Hamilton Terrace, Southwood Road, New Eltham, Kent. Formerly printers labourer.

Home 21st October 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 15th September 1916.

21st October 1915, enlisted & posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 3rd May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 15th September 1916, posted missing.

Personal property to be sent to Mrs Annie Davis, Farm Lodge, Dover House, Roehampton, SW. London.

15th August 1919, Statement of Relatives, (completed by Mrs A Davis, sister,  Farm Lodge, Dover House, Roehampton)  - Widow, none; Children, none; Father,  5, High Street, Roehampton; Mother, none; Brothers - Thomas Woodward, age 52, 3 Peabody Buildings, London; John Woodward, age 54, 5, High Street, Roehampton;  Sisters - Mrs Coleman, age 44, 39 Merryfield Road, East Putney; Mrs Hudson, age 42, 27 Calvert? Road, Battersea.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.