Basic Details
Surname
Underwood
Forenames
Samuel
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
7739
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 36 Water End, Woodston.

(CWGC records that Private S Underwood, regimental number 7739, died on 17/6/1917 serving in 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.C.3 at Orchard Dump Cemetery at Arleux en Gohelle in France.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records Samuel as a native of Sawtry who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted in Huntingdon. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Kate was his legatee.
On the 1911 census Samuel had been aged 26, living with his wife Kate in the home of his father-in-law John Hollis, at 295 Oundle Road, Woodston Hill, Peterborough. On the 1901 census Samuel had been living with his parents George and Mary Susannah Underwood at High Street, Ellington, Huntingdonshire. His birth was registered in 1883 as Samuel Wilder Underwood in Huntingdon District).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Not stated
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
June
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
36 WATER END, GOODSTONE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial