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Sergeant H Woodgate

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Serjeant Harry WOODGATE, L/9912, (8486), 2nd Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th October 1918, age 25.

Born Chiddingly, Sussex, son of William and Phoebe Woodgate, The Bungalow, Alexandra Road, Heathfield, Sussex / Fishmore Farm, Cross in Hand, Sussex.

1911 Census - Ivy Cottages, Groombridge, Sussex - Herbert Frank Powell, head, age 51, married, boot maker & repairer, own account, at home, born St Margaret, Westminster; Alice Maud Powell, wife, age 54, married 27 years, 7 children, all still alive, dressmaker, own account, at home, born All Saints, Wandsworth; Maud Sarah Powell, daughter, age 22, single, nurse domestic,  born All Saints, Wandsworth; Herbert Frederick Powell, son, age 13, school,  born All Saints, Wandsworth; Harry Woodgate, boarder, age 18, assistant gardener nursery, born Chiddingly, Sussex.

Home 8th March 1912 to 17th July 1912. 3rd Battalion, (Special Reserve), Royal West Kent Regiment, Service No.8486. 4th April 1912, 3rd Class Certificate of Education.

Enlisted Maidstone, Kent, age 19 years & 4 months, 5ft 3½ inches, weight 121lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, scare below right buttock, scar back of right hand. Formerly gardener.

Home 18th July 1912 to 21st October 1913; India 22nd October 1913 to 31st January 1915; Indian Expeditionary Force "D", 1 st February 1915 to 28th October 1918.

Allotment of Pay 6/8 a week payable to Mother.

18th July 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th July 1912, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd October 1913, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th February 1914, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal; 11th November 1914, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 12th February 1916, 3 Field Hospital, Nsasariyah, admitted to Hospital; 12th February 1916, Basra, transferred to 3 Base Hospital; 2nd June 1916, promoted Corporal; 20th October 1916, reverts to previous grade; 10th February 1917, appointed paid Lance Sergeant; 22nd April 1917, promoted Sergeant; 27th May 1917, Busra, proceeded to India HT Aradonda?, for one months leave; 13th July 1917, Bombay, embarked; 17th July 1917, Busra, disembarked; 1st August 1917, rejoined Battalion, In the Field;

17th June 1919, Statement of Relatives, completed by mother, Phoebe Woodgate, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, William Woodgate, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex; Mother, Phoebe Woodgate, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex; Brothers - David Woodgate, age 35, Derned PO, Ontario, Canada; Frederick Woodgate, age 31, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex; ?????? Woodgare, age 29, Australia; Richard Woodgate, age 21, Imperial Army in Ireland; Charlie Woodgate, age 18, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex; Sisters - Annie Woodgate, age 37, Pick Dick, Brede, Sussex; Emily Woodgate, age 33, The Lodge, Gatwick Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex; Rosie Woodgate, age 30, Barons Down, Lewes, Sussex; Ruth Woodgate, age 25, Sandy Cross, Heathfield, Sussex; Phoebe Woodgate, age 23, Monkhurst Farm, Heathfield, Sussex.

Buried  at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29., Iraq.