BORN BEVERLEY 1896. SON OF TOM WOODMANSEY & ISABELLA ADA CHAPMAN, OF 36 LUKES STREET, HULL. AND 35 DAY STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS. BROTHER TO JOHN, HARRY AND DORA. A HORSEMAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL ON 06/12/1915, AGED 19 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36 INCH CHEST, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. HE JOINED THE 13TH HULL PALS, ON 17/05/1916. CAPTURED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND DIED OF DYSENTERY, IN CAPTIVITY, ON 19/01/1917, AGED 20.
ONE OF 4 SOLDIERS BELIEVED TO HAVE DIED OF MISTREATMENT. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER. HE IS BURIED AT PORTE-DE-PARIS CEMETERY, CAMBRAI. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON THOMAS EVER IN THOUGHT TILL WE MEET AGAIN”.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN BRADSHAW WOODMANSEY, ALSO SERVED IN EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
