Basic Details
Surname
Woods
Forenames
G H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Henry
Served or died
Died
Service number
59580
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 1 High Street, Old Fletton.

(CWGC records that Private George Henry Woods, regimental number 59580, died aged 25 on 20/9/1917 serving in 122nd Company of the Machine Gun Corps, and is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium. They record him as the son of Mr & Mrs G.H. Woods of Brewsters Cottages, Old Fletton, Peterborough.
Soldiers Died in the Great War records that George was a native of Fletton who enlisted in Peterborough, and that he had formerly served in the East Kent Regiment under regimental number 11600. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that his mother Minnie was his legatee.
On the 1891 census George was 9 days old, living with his mother Minnie in Stanground, which was given as his place of birth; his father George Henry was absent on that census night, staying with his own parents. On the 1901 census George Henry junior was living with his parents in Peterborough Road, Fletton. On the 1911 census he was lodging at 6 Duke Street, Old Fletton; his parents were living next door at 4 Duke Street. [George's father, George Henry Woods senior, also served in WW1; he enlisted as a Private in the 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment under regimental number 16412 on 14/11/1914, and went to France on 31/5/1915; having later transferred to the Labour Corps, under regimental number 442983, he was demobbed in 1919].
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Machine Gun Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
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
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action at Menin Road.
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
1 HIGH STREET OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial