The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal H C Woods

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Lance Corporal Henry Charles WOODS, G/11389, 2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of peritonitis, Bangalore Hospital, India, 11th October 1918, age 23.

Born Camberwell, SE son of Arthur Albert and Louisa Woods, of 264 Albany Road, Old Kent Road, SE. / 57, Medora Road, Elm Park, Brixton Hill, London. 

1911 Census - 30 Jardin Street, Albany Road, Camberwell - Arthur A Woods, head, age 42, married, hairdresser, employer, at home, born Windsor, Buckinghamshire; Louise Woods, wife, age 43, married 20 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Pimlico, London; Arthur Woods, son, age 16, single, clerk, Commercial Manufacturers, worker, born Walworth, London; Elizabeth Woods, daughter, age 16, single, book folder, Commercial Manufacturers, worker, born Camberwell, London; Henry C Woods, son, age 15, Clerk, Solicitors, worker, born Camberwell, London.

Enlisted 23rd November 1915, Camberwell, SE, age 20, height 5ft 7 inches, weight 116lbs.  Resided 264 Albany Road, Old Kent Road, SE. Formerly clerk.

9th July 1916, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 12th September 1918, Bangalore Hospital, peritonitis infection, acute; 11th October 1918, 3.40am, died.

Commemorated  at Madras 1914-1918 War Memorial, Face 20, Chennai, India. Buried in Bangalore (Hosur Road) Cemetery.