BORN CASTLEFORD 15/09/1899. SON OF JOHN RHODES & REBECCA WOODHALL, OF 16, SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE TWO BROTHERS, ERNEST & CLARENCE AND ONE SISTER, LOTTIE. EMPLOYED AS A DOCK LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 2.5 INCHES TALL, 34 INCH CHEST. 107 LNS WEIGHT, FAIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
HE ENLISTED, ON 07/05/1917. MOBILIZED ON 15/08/1917. TRAINED AT RUGELEY CAMP. TRANSFERRED TO THE 22ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY ON 15/03/1918. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 26/04/1918, AGED 18. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, REBECCA. UNMARRIED. HE LEFT BROTHERS, ERNEST, CHARLES AND SISTER LOTTIE, AT THIS ADDRESS. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE POZIERES MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
| Name | Percy Woodall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Castleford |
| Death Date | 26 Apr 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Durham Light Infantry |
| Battalion | 22nd Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 81165 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
PERCY
Military Number:
81165
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/04/1918
Place died:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
18
16, SACKVILLE TERRACE, FERRIES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
