WOODFORD, George Henry

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Lance Corporal

1st Battalion

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

George was born 1891 in Newport to Harry Willie & Fanny Agnes (nee STAY) WOODFORD of 31 Royal Exchange, Newport.

George was formerly part of the 8th Bn. Hampshire Regiment but transferred Regiments. He was Killed in Action on the 4th of October 1917 & was originally buried on the battlefield close to where he fell. George’s remains were exhumed, identified by his ID disc & reburied at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium on the 15th of July 1920. He rests beneath a Commission Headstone, bearing the Family Inscription: “HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE”, alongside over 11,900 of his First World War comrades, with over 8,300 of these remaining unidentified. George was 27.

George is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials. His brother Harry also fell in World War one.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.