George Harrison Woodward
Service number
265237
Military unit
1/7th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Address
Beeston, enlisted at Nottingham
Date of birth
Date of death
01 Jul 1916 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
George Harrison Woodward (junior) was born in 1893 at Nottingham, he was baptised on 25th July 1893 at St Pauls Church, Nottingham he was the son of George Harrison Woodward (senior) a carter and Sarah Woodward they lived at 6 Lennox Street, Nottingham.
Military history
Private George Harrisnon Woodward enlisted at Nottingham, he served with the 1/7th battalion Sherwood Foresters Regiment, he was killed in action, 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Extra information
additional research and information Peter Gilings
Photographs
Photo of George Harrison Woodward
Thiepval Memorial,