Thomas Daniel Woodman

Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial

Regiment: Royal Navy

Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Stoker 1st Class K22098

Parents: Daniel and Ruth Woodman

Marital status: Married

Home address: Home Address: Oldland Common, Bristol Lived: Deanery Road, Warmley, Bristol

Pre-war occupation: Sailor in the Royal Navy

Date of birth: 17/03/1892

Place of birth: Warmley, Bristol

Date of death: 21/04/1919

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Warmley (St. Barnabas) Churchyard. Not commemorated on a local memorial.

Age: 27

Further information:

Thomas was born in Warmley, the son of a fireman and a middle child of fourteen children with three sisters and ten brothers, two of whom died as young children. Thomas married Eva Violetta Paget on 8th March 1919 but just six weeks later he died.

Thomas enlisted in the Navy in April 1910 at the age of 18. At the time he was described as 5'6 ½ " tall with dark brown hair, brown eyes and a fresh complexion. His first ship was HMS Blake and he served on various ships in both peacetime and wartime. Thomas continued to serve in the Navy after the Armistice and his last ship was H.M.S. Vivid II. He died of septic meningitis in the Royal Naval Hospital Plymouth on 21st April 1919.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/