Basic Details
Surname
Woodhead
Forenames
Joe
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was engaged to a Doris and enlisted in September 1914. He fought in the Dardanelles and spent time in hospital in Egypt and Malta as a result. He was then sent to Essex as he was thought under-age and then served in Ireland before being transferred to France where he was killed by machine gun fire whilst acting as a runner. He was not found by them on any other Calderdale memorial.
Primary Service
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
Voyens, Near Nesle
Year of death
1918
Month of death
March
Day of death
24
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action