Basic Details
Surname
Woods
Forenames
Alfred Albert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
197976
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 58 Westgate.

(CWGC records that Sapper Alfred Albert Woods, regimental number 197976, died aged 40 on 17/5/1917 serving in 173rd Tunneling Company of the Royal Engineers, and is buried in grave 19 at Stanground South Cemetery in Huntingdonshire, near Peterborough. They record him as the husband of Mrs Woods of 58 Westgate, Peterborough.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records him as a native of Abbots Ripton who enlisted in Peterborough, and that he had formerly served in the Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 16568. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he died at Knighton House V.A.D. Hospital in Leicester, and that his widow Nellie was his legatee.
The birth of Alfred Albert Woods was registered in Huntingdon District in 1877. On the 1881 census he was living with his parents Joseph and Betsey in Abbots Ripton, which was given as his place of birth. On the 1891 census the family was living in Wood Walton, Huntingdonshire. His marriage to Nellie Mitchell was registered in Peterborough District in 1901. On the 1911 census he was living with his wife Nellie and their 5 children at Farcet near Peterborough).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army (British)
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Engineers
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sapper
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
England
Town of death
Leicester
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
May
Day of death
17
Manner of death as stated
Died of sickness at Knighton Hospital in Leicester
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
58 WESTGATE
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial