Charles H. – Woolley – Great Western Railway – Private – 27/06/1915

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Title

Charles H. – Woolley – Great Western Railway – Private – 27/06/1915

Initials / forenames

Charles H.

Surname

Woolley

Railway company

Great Western Railway

Military unit

Gloucestershire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

16352

Railway department

Locomotive Department, Lydney

Railway job

Fireman

Date died

27/06/1915

Magazine reference

Great Western Railway Magazine, September 1915, p235. Photo: September 1915, p239

Memorial

Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres

Notes

Aged 21, son of Mr and Mrs F. Woolley of 7 Midland Cottages, Ashchurch, Tewkesbury. He enlisted in the army in December 1914. He went to France in March 1915. He was killed in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Western Railway Magazine (image and research contributed by STEAM: Museum of the Great Western Railway), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

22/02/2017

Last updated

22/02/2017

Citation

“Charles H. – Woolley – Great Western Railway – Private – 27/06/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 15, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/42238.