Private Albert Claude Woodward
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1898
Date of Death
22 Mar 1918
Employer
Cycle dealer Ernest Starke
Regiment
Medals Awarded
Service Number
41541
Place of Birth
Luton
World War I Address
132 Dallow Road
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
No known grave
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Source
The Luton News , 25th April 1918
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
Author: Deejaya
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