WOODFORD, Harry William

Bus House Cemetery, BelgiumCredit: Unknown

Corporal
15th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

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

Harry was listed as Killed in Action on the 7th of June 1917 & buried beneath a Commission Headstone. He rests alongside 205 of his First World War Comrades.

Harry is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

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.