Private Albert Claude Woodward

Rank or Title

Date of Birth

1898

Date of Death

22 Mar 1918

Employer

Cycle dealer Ernest Starke

Service Number

41541

Place of Birth

Luton
United Kingdom

World War I Address

132 Dallow Road
Luton
United Kingdom

Place of Death

France

Grave Location

No known grave
France

War Memorial Location

Soldier or Civilian

  • Soldier

Source

The Luton News , 25th April 1918
Pte Albert Claude Woodward

Pte Albert Claude Woodward, 41541, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action on March 22nd, 1918, during the German spring offensive on the Somme. He was aged 19 and single.

At the time of enlistment at the age of 18 in February 1917, Albert was employed by cycle dealer Ernest Starke, of 44 Castle Street.

He was one of ten surviving children of Thomas Robert and Emma Woodward, of 132 Dallow Road, Luton. He was an old boy of Waller Street School, attended King Street Congregational Sunday School and had been an amateur footballer.

Individual Location

Pte Albert Claude Woodward

Author: Deejaya

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