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Rank : Private

Army Number : 12968

Unit : 8th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Rufford, Lancashire. Enlisted at Newark, Nottinghamshire. Served with the 8th Battalion during World War One. Killed in action 15.7.1916, aged 24. He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

The Southwell and Nottingham Church History Project recorded: Henry (Harry) Woodcock and his brother John George Woodcock were both born in Winkburn: Harry in 1893 and John in 1888. The family lived at Dilliner Farm at the west end of the parish. Neither were resident in the village when they enlisted: Harry had moved to Rufford and was working as a horseman; John was at Rufford Hill Farm near Ollerton and was also a horseman. Private Harry Woodcock joined the 8th battalion Leicestershire Regiment and was killed in action on 15 July 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Gunner John Woodcock served with 'D' Battery, 106th Brigade Royal Field Artillery and died of pneumonia at at No. 51 Casualty Clearing Station on 17 February 1919 and is buried in Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Hainault, Belgium.

Their younger brother, Arthur, also born in Winkburn, served in the South Notts Hussars during the war but survived. He died in Southwell in 1967.

Place of Birth : & Winburn & Nottinghamshire

Date of Death : 15.7.1916

Place of Death : & & France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & France