Albert WOODS

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WOODS

Forename(s): Albert

Place of Birth: Grindleton, Yorkshire

Service No: 20620

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 8th (Service) Battalion

Division: 3rd Division

Age: 36

Date of Death: 1917-09-26

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 18 to 19.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Albert Ernest Woods was the son of James and Mary Ann Woods, née Parkinson. James was born at Haslingden and Mary at Rawtenstall, Lancashire.

1881 Grindleton, Yorkshire Census: Village - Albert E. Woods, aged 3 weeks, born Grindleton, son of James and Mary A. Woods.

1891 Bury, Lancashire Census: Springside - Albert Haworth, aged 9 years, born Grindleton, Yorkshire, nephew of John and Mary Haworth [née Woods].

1901 Bury, Lancashire Census: The Barracks - Private Albert Woods, Militia Infantry, aged 19 years, born Grindleton, Yorkshire.

The British Army Pension Record for Pte Albert Woods, 9004, Lancashire Fusiliers, exists but may be incomplete. [In this pre-war Pension Record his next of kin is given as his uncle, John Howarth, Farmer, of Spring Side, Summerseat, near Bury.]

Albert was married to Martha Edwards, née Littler at Birtle, Lancashire, on the 8 August 1917.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Albert Woods, 20620, R. Lanc. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Albert Woods, 20620, 8 R. Lanc. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Albert Woods, 20620, 8 Bn King's R. Lancs. Date and Place of Death: 26/29.9.17 in action France [sic]. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Martha. £13 9s. 3d.

Albert was killed in action during the Battles of Ypres, 1917, 31 July-10 November, at the Battle of Polygon Wood, 26 September-3 October.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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