Edward John Woodman
Memorial: Yate and District Heritage Centre: Chipping Sodbury Cottage Hospital Memorial Board
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 36910
Parents: John and Charlotte Woodman
Marital status: Married
Home address: Walton, Wakefield and Dove Cottage, Dodington, Glos
Pre-war occupation: Domestic groom
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Dodington, Glos
Date of death: 16/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Artillery Wood Cemetery (Ref. VIII. D. 14.), Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age: 32
Further information:
Edward John Woodman was born in 1885 in Dodington. His parents were John and Charlotte Woodman of Dove Cottage in Dodington
Edward married Edith Annie and they had two daughters called Florence and Edith. The family were living at Walton, Wakefield, Edward was working as a domestic groom in 1911
Edward enlisted in Portsmouth and joined the 4th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment as a private. He died in August 1917 at the age of 32 and he was awarded the Victory and British War medals. Edward is buried at Artillery Wood Cemetery in Belgium
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC