Notes
The Roll lists his address as 34 Gladstone Street.
(CWGC records that Private Frank Wooding, regimental number 7020, died aged 34 on 28/3/1918 serving in 2nd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment, and is commemorated on Pozieres Memorial in France. They record him as the husband of Kate Wooding of 34 Gladstone Street, Peterborough.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records Frank as a native of Bedford who was living in Peterborough when he enlisted at Bedford. The Medal Rolls record that he went to France on 30/9/1915. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his widow Kate was his legatee.
On the 1911 census Frank Wooding had been aged 27, living with his wife Kate at 81 Westbourne Road in Bedford; he stated they had been married 1 year. Frank's marriage to Kate Billington was registered in Bedford District in 1910.
On the 1901 census he had been living with his parents Charles and Fanny Wooding at 18 Pattenhall Street in Bedford; his parents were living at 6 Hartington Street on the 1911 census.
On 10/5/1918 the Bedfordshire Time & Independent announced that Private F. Wooding, son of Mrs Wooding of 6 Hartington Street, had been posted as wounded and missing since 28/3/1918. The report described Frank as a Headquarters Signaller.
On the 1921 Census his widow Kate was living t 34 Gladstone Street, Peterborough, with their 3 children).