Henry Charles Woodman
Memorial: Bitton - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 17595
Parents: Charles Henry and Florence Louisa Woodman
Home address: Sands Court, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Domestic servant, hall boy
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Freshford, Somerset
Date of death: 24/05/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Bienvillers Military Cemetery (Ref. XVIII. A. 13.), France
Age: 23
Further information:
Henry Charles Woodman was born in 1885 in Freshford in Somerset. His parents were Charles Henry and Florence Louisa Woodman and they lived at Sands Court in Chipping Sodbury. He was brother to Arthur and Fanny. Henry’s father was a coachman and had been born in Dodington. In 1911 Henry was working as a hall boy for Sir Gerald W. Codrington at The Old Hundred in Tormarton
Henry Charles Woodman enlisted in London and joined the 1st Battalion of the Grenadier Guards as a private. He died in May 1918 at the age of 23. He is buried in Bienvillers Military Cemetery in France. He was awarded the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals
H Woodman is remembered on the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre under Doddington.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate Heritage Centre, Forces War Records and CWGC