The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private H Woolford

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Private Herbert WOOLFORD, S/9042, 1st Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 22nd January 1915.

Born Greenwich, SE. son of William Alice Woolford, 4 Bakers Yard, Billingsgate Street, Greenwich.

1911 Census - 4 Bakers Yard, Greenwich. - William Woolford, head, age 44, married, Pierman, Port London Authority, worker, born Greenwich; Alice Elizabeth Woolford, wife, age 41, married 20 years, 16 children, 12 still alive, born Greenwich; William Richard Woolford, son, age 20, single, greengrocers assistant, worker, born Greenwich; Mabel Woolford, daughter, age 18, single, factory hand, cement works, worker, born Greenwich; Charles Woolford, son, age 17, single, factory hand, wire works, worker, born Greenwich; Richard Woolford, son, age 15, single, factory hand, wireworks, worker, born Greenwich; Bert Woolford, son, age 13, born Greenwich; Alice Maud Woolford, daughter, age 10, born Greenwich; Rosina Mary Woolford, daughter, age 9, born Greenwich; George Woolford, son, age 7, born Greenwich; Laurence Woolford, son, age 6, born Greenwich; Albert Woolford, son, age 3½ years, born Greenwich; Thomas Woolford, son, age 1 & 8 months, born Greenwich; Walter Woolford, son, age 6 months, born Greenwich.

Enlisted Woolwich, SE.

7th December 1914, posted BEF.

Buried at Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, IV. E. 5., Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

see Pte R Woolford.