Basic Details
Surname
Woodgate
Forenames
Edward R P
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
At the Battle of Spion Kop he commanded a large force that was sent to capture the strategic hill in a night assault on 23 January 1900. The next morning a shell splinter struck Woodgate's head above the right eye casuing a brain injury associated with a shattered orbit.

While being carried down the hill to hospital on a stretcher, he struggled to rejoin his men and had to be forcibly restrained. As a result of the trauma he lost all recent memory and had no recollection of the war.

He fell into a coma and died at Mooi River, Natal on 23 March 1900.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
M-G-
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
South Africa
Town of death
Mooi River, Natal
Country of burial
South Africa
Town of burial
Mooi River, Natal
Cemetery
St John's Anglican Church
Year of death
1900
Month of death
March
Day of death
23
Age at death
54
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds