Woods, Alfred Edward –

Husband of Selina Woods, of 8, St. Thomas Street, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 447, Halliwell Road, Halliwell, Bolton. Lancashire. Formerly employed at Horwich Loco Works. Formerly Private 272, 4th Bn., Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Reported in No.5 General Hospital at Rouen dangerously wounded by a gas shell on 12/05/1918. Also recorded as Albert E. Woods in BJ&G.

Personal details

  • Surname: Woods
  • Forename: Alfred Edward
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Not known
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 38
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 15th, 1918
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: 2nd/4th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 200130
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: August 5th, 1914 - 1914-08-05
  • Enlistment location: Horwich, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
  • CWGC reference: Q. II. H. 17.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/05/1918 31/05/1918
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f 6c/f*

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