Walter Francis Woodington

Memorial: Kingswood - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

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

Rank and number: Private TR7/27753

Parents: Isaac Walter and Mary Jane Woodington

Home address: Reformatory Road, Kingswood, Bristol

Date of birth: 1900

Place of birth: Kingswood, Bristol

Date of death: 31/10/1918

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Kingswood Methodist Burial Ground and commemorated Bristol Greenbank Cemetery and Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial

Age: 18

Further information:

Walter was born in Kingswood, the son of a bootmaker and the youngest of six children with four sisters and a brother. His mother died when he was aged 9 years.

Walter served in a training reserve battalion on the Home Front and died in the Military Hospital in Ipswich but the cause of his death is not known. His older brother Ernest died the previous year in the service of his country.

Note CWGC have him incorrectly as in 51st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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/