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Private Sy(i)dney Fred WOODS, G/18082, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment,  killed in action, Flanders France, 30th September 1916.

Son of Frederick & Susan Woods, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

1911 Census - Church Road, Church Lane, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Frederick Woods, head, age 55, married, stockman (farm), worker, born Norton, Suffolk; Susan Woods, wife, age 50, married 32 years, 8 children, all still alive, born Ixworth, Suffolk; William Woods, son, age 28, single, farm labourer, worker, born Norton, Suffolk; John Woods, son, age 26, single, farm labourer, worker, born Norton, Suffolk; Ernest Woods, son, age 19, single, farm labourer, worker, born Norton, Suffolk; Sidney Woods, son, age 19, single, farm labourer, worker, born Norton, Suffolk; Lily Woods, daughter, age 13, born Norton, Suffolk; Mabel Woods, daughter, age 11, school, born Norton, Suffolk.

Enlisted Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, age 24 years & 1 month, height 5ft 11½ inches.  Resided Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

Home 22nd February 1916 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 30th September 1916.

22nd February 1916, enlisted as a Trooper, 3/1 Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No.2486; 14th July 1916, posted 3/1 Suffolk Yeomanry, appointed Acting unpaid Lance Corporal; 12th August 1916, Hatton Park, overstaying his pass from midnight 12th August 1916 till 11.00pm 13th August 1916, reprimanded, forfeits 1 days pay; 27th August 1916, posted 1/4th Suffolk Regiment; 27th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 27th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 28th August 1916, 15 Infantry Base Depot; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

13th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Frederick Woods, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; Mother, Susan Woods, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; Brothers - John Woods, age 34, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; William Woods, age 36, House Farm, Hepworth, Bury St Edmunds; Ernest Woods, age 31, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; Sisters - Annie Murray, age 37, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; Lily Woods, age 22, Church Road, Norton, Bury St Edmunds; Mabel Woods, age 20, St Hildas Hall, Oxford.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.