George Charles Edwards Woodham
Memorial: Marshfield - High Street
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Driver 162899
Parents: Charles and Emma Edwards Woodham
Marital status: Married
Home address: Chippenham, Wilts
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of birth: 1891
Place of birth: Colerne, Wilts
Date of death: 25/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium
Age: 27
Further information:
George Charles Edwards Woodham was the slightly older cousin of William Edwards Woodham who died in March 1916, following wounds sustained in the early stages of the Mesopotamia campaign. His parents had earlier moved from Ringswell to Colerne. George had married Beatrice Thompson in 1912 and had gone to live in the High Street. He enlisted in the Royal Engineers at much the same time as Arthur Britton and was posted to 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers
On 10 April the enemy began attacking from the south, the 57th Field Company began to take casualties then retreated through Nieppe to Bailleul. Here they rapidly constructed barricades, alas to no avail and the retreat continued back up to Poperinge. On 21 April George Charles Edwards Woodham found himself at Ouderdom, where Arthur Britton had encamped ten months previously. The camp at Ouderdom on 25 April came under sustained artillery fire and the 57th Field Company lost an Officer and 5 Other Ranks were killed, including George Charles Edwards Woodham
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
http://www.marshfieldparish.org.uk/wp/marshfield-history/ww1.htm
Forces War Records and CWGC