H – Woods – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 28/05/1918
Title
H – Woods – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 28/05/1918
Initials / forenames
H
Surname
Woods
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Naval Division, Drake Battalion
Military rank
Able Seaman
Military number
1241
Railway department
Ipswich, Civil Engineering Dept
Railway job
Signal Fitter's Labourer
Date died
28/05/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, November 1918, p218
Memorial
Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension
Notes
Joined the GER as a general labourer at Ipswich on 7 March 1910. Became a signal fitter's labourer in February 1915. Enlisted on 24 April 1917, killed in action, France.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)
Date entered
24/10/2016
Last updated
24/10/2016
Citation
“H – Woods – Great Eastern Railway – Able Seaman – 28/05/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 16, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/42291.