Only son of Richard and Jane Woods, of 22, Bottom-o’th’-Moor, Horwich, Lancashire.
Woods, Richard –
Personal details
- Surname: Woods
- Forename: Richard
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Horwich, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Horwich, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 19
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 1st, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 31554
- Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- Enlistment date: September 15th, 1916 - 1916-09-15
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Holy Trinity C.E. Church WWI Roll of Honour - Horwich
- Horwich 1914-18 Roll of Honour - Horwich Heritage
- Horwich Town Hall WWI Memorial - Horwich
- Loyal North Lanacashire Regiment - 5th Battalion (Territorials) Memorial (Queen's Park) - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: II. F. 1.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 07/09/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 4g/6c*
- Bolton Chronicle: 14/09/1917