FREDERICK+WILLIAM+WOODWARD

Woodward, Frederick William, Corporal, 18104, 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Born Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire Enlisted Valcartier Camp, Quebec Killed in action 25th May 1915 aged 29 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Woodward, of Sycamore Cottage, Earl Sterndale, Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial

Canadian Army Service records information: Frederick was born in Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire, on the 17th June 1885. He enlisted at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, 19th September 1914, stating his occupation as a salesman, and his next of kin as Mrs. Woodward, of 10, Verona Street, Liverpool, Lancashire. He had previously served for eighteen months with the 8th Royal Liverpool Volunteers. He was five feet eight inches in height, had a dark complexion, brown eyes and brown hair, and belonged to the Church of England. He had three vaccination marks on his left arm and the second toe on his left foot was missing.


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