BORN HESSLE, HULL 1897. SON OF HENRY WOODWARD (1860-1927) & FRANCES KATE GODWIN (1861-1927), OF 31 MASON STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). BROTHERS HENRY, CHARLES, WILLIAM AND PERCY WOODWARD AND SISTER, KITTY, OF 31 MASON STREET. WORKED AS AN ERRAND BOY AND COMPOSITOR IN A PRINTING WORKS. ENLISTED HULL, 04/12/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE 02/07/1916 TO 4/10/1916. DISCHARGED 11/06/1917, WITH HEART DISEASE, AGGRAVATED BY ACTIVE SERVICE. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBE HIM OF ‘VERY GOOD’ CHARACTER. DIED 20/01/1920, AGED 23. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS ELDEST BROTHER, HENRY THOMAS WOODWARD, WAS BORN IN BARTON, AND ENLISTED IN HULL. HE SERVED, AS PRIVATE, 40786, 2ND KING’S OWN YORKHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 02/08/1917, AGED 27.
First name:
ARTHUR ERNEST
Military Number:
36264
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/01/1920
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
23
