Basic Details
Surname
Woodcock
Forenames
Thomas Frederick
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
240202
Notes
The Roll lists his address as Fletton Avenue. It also recorded the death of his brother Samuel.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal T F Woodcock, regimental number 240201, died on 15/8/1917 serving in 1st/5th Battalion of the Leicestershire Regiment, and is buried in grave I.U.37 at Philosophe British Cemetery at Mazingarbe in France. They record him as the son of Matthew Woodcock of 31 Dean Street, Oakham.
The birth of Thomas Frederick Woodcook was registered in Huntingdon District in 1893. He was baptised on 14/6/1895 at St John's Church in Peterborough as the son of John Matthew and Emma Amelia Woodcock. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents at 168 Belsize Avenue in Woodston; his place of birth was given as Brampton. His mother died in 1906. On the 1911 census Thomas was a live-in farm worker at Bullock Road in Elton, Huntingdonshire.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Brampton who enlisted at Oakham in Rutland. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his father John M Woodcock was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Leicesters
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
5th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Passchendaele Ridge
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
August
Day of death
15
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
FLETTON AVENUE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial