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Private R A Woodgate

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Private Rowland Alfred WOODGATE,  G/1852, 2nd Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of Cellulitis, (head), with  Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 24th October 1918, age 28.

20th February 1893, born Oxted, Surrey, son of Alfred and Elizabeth Woodgate,  Capel Manor Gardens, Horsmonden, Kent.

1911 Census - The Bothey, Hall Place, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent - Rowland Alfred Woodgate, head, age 18, single, gardener (domestic), worker, born Oxted, Surrey.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent, age 21, height 5ft 6 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair.  Resided Horsemonden, Kent. Formerly gardener.

Home 4th September 1914 to 25th July 1915; BEF 26th July 1915 to 10th November 1915; Home 11th November 1915 to 30th August 1916; BEF 31st August 1916 to 21st October 1916; Home 22nd October 1916 to 14th March 1917; Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 15th March 1917 to 24th October 1918.

4th September 1914, enlisted; 9th September 1914, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th July 1915, posted BEF; 11th November 1915, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 2nd July 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th August 1916, embarked; 31st August 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 19th September 1916, joined 6th Battalion, Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, In the Field; 7th October 1916, wounded in action; 8th October 1916, 97 Field Ambulance, gun shot wound right leg; 21st October 1916, General Hospital, Rouens, to England, Hospital Ship, "Gloucester Castle"; 22nd Ocxtober 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 24th October 1916 to 15th November 1916, Hospital, gun shot wound right leg; 15th November 1916 to 19th December 1916, gun shot wound right leg; 28th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th March 1917, posted Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, & 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th March 1917, Devonport, embarked; 22nd May 1917, Busra, disembarked; 27th May 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 22nd October 1918, 36 Field Ambulance, Influenza.

10th July 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Alfred Woodgate,  Capel Manor Gardens, Horsmonden, Kent; Mother, none; Brothers - Ernest Daniel, age 35, 11 King Street, Chesham, Buckinghamshire; Sisters - Annie Elizabeth, age 37, 42 Howson Road, Brockley, SE; Edith Ellen, age 31, Chancellor House, Tunbridge Wells.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, V.A.8., Iraq. Commemorated on Horsemonden War Memorial.