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Private J A Woodhouse

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Private John  Arthur WOODHOUSE, G/19468, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 13th October 1917.

Born Stanley Common, Derbyshire, son of Robert & Ann Sarah Woodhouse.

1911 Census - Lower Gladstone Street, Heanor, Derbyshire - Robert Woodhouse, head, age 47, married, coal miner, hewer, worker, born Horsley, Derbyshire; Ann Sarah Woodhouse, wife, age 45, married 24 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Derby, Derbyshire; John Arthur Woodhouse, son, age 23, single, Estate joiner, worker, born Stanley Common, Derbyshire; Elsie Woodhouse, daughter, age 21, single, part stitcher, hosiery manufacturer, worker, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire; Mary Hannah Woodhouse, daughter, age 20, single, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire; Annis Woodhouse, daughter, age 18, single, part stitcher, hosiery manufacturer, worker, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire; James Woodhouse, son, age 15, single, trimmer, hosiery manufacturer, worker, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire; Christabel Woodhouse, daughter, age 11, school, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire; Kate Woodhouse, daughter, age 9, school, born Woodhouse, Derbyshire.

12th May 1913, Smalley, John Arthur Woodhouse, age 25, bachelor, carpenter, resided Smalley, father Robert Woodhouse, miner, married Elizabeth Ann Clayton, age 38, spinster, resided Smalley, father Ayres? Clayton, carpenter.

Enlisted Ilkeston, Derby, age 31 years & 10 months, height 5ft 3 inches, weight 129lbs.  Resided The Yews, Smalley, Morley, near Derby. Formerly joiner.

Home, 24th June 1916 to 25th June 1917; BEF, 26th June 1917 to 13th October 1917.

24th June 1916, deemed to have been enlisted; 31st March 1917, called up for Service; 4th April 1917, posted 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, Service No.83026; 14th June 1917, overstaying his leave from 5.30am until 9.40pm on the 16th inst, 6 days Field Punishment No.2., forfeits 3 days pay; 28th June 1917, posted to 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters; 21st July 1917, transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

13th  May 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.