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Surname: WOODHEAD
Forename(s): Samuel
Place of Birth: Stacksteads, Lancashire
Service No: 13197
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 10th (Service) Battalion
Division: 23rd Division
Age: 36
Date of Death: 1917-06-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XIV. H. 4.
CWGC Cemetery: LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Samuel Woodhead was the son of James and Emma Woodhead, née Sutcliffe. Both parents were born at Stacksteads, Lancashire.
1881 Spotland, Lancashire Census: Heys Buildings, Brandwood - Samuel Woodhead, aged 4 months, born Stacksteads, son of James and Emma Woodhead.
1891 Haslingden, Lancashire Census: 16, Deardengate Croft - Samuel Woodhead , aged 10 years, born Stacksteads, son of Emma Pilkington, widow. [Emma Woodhead had married Robert Pilkington in 1887.]
1901 Haslingden, Lancashire Census: 236, Blackburn Road - Samuel Woodhead, aged 20 years, born Stacksteads, Lancashire, son of Emma and [stepson of] James Robinson. [Emma Pilkington had married James Robinson 1891.]
Samuel was married to Selina Cumberland in 1904. Selina married Mason Smith in 1919.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 8, Calf Hall Lane - Samuel Woodhead, aged 30 years, born Bacup, Lancashire, husband of Selina Woodhead. [In 1911 Samuel's mother and stepfather were living at 3, Ethel Street, Barnoldswick.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Samuel Woodhead, 13197, W. Rid. R. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 15.7.15. Died 9.6.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Samuel Woodhead, 13197, 9th W. Rid. R.; 10th W. Rid. R. D. of W. 9.6.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Samuel Woodhead, 13197, 10th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 9.6.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Sole Legatee - Selina Smith. £17 10s. 8d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Samuel. Date and cause of death: 10.6.17. Gunshot wound in head rec'd in Action. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Selena [sic], born 4.4.86. Address: 3, Calf Hall Road, Barnoldswick, Yorks.
Samuel died of wounds received during the Battle of Messines, 1917, 7-14 June.
A short biography of Samuel is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
BROADHEAD, Samuel, aged 37 years, West Riding Regiment, 8, Calf Hall Road, [Barnoldswick], died of wounds June 9, 1917.
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Private Samuel WOODHEAD
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 23rd Division
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