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| Name: | Thomas Cecil Hardwick WOODS1 |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Thomas Hardwick WOODS (1863-1947) |
| Mother: | Florence Emily Rose HEARD (1863-1941) |
| Birth | 27 Mar 1897 | Blundeston, Suffolk1 |
| Baptism | 14 May 1897 (age 0) | Blundeston, Suffolk |
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 (age 4) | Mutford, Suffolk, England1 |
| Hall Farm, Blundeston | ||
| Military Rank | Lieutenant | |
| Military Regiment | 4th Bn. Territorial Regiment | |
| Enlisted (Military) | 1914 (age 16-17) | |
| Promoted (Military) | 1916 (age 18-19) | |
| Death | 22 Mar 1918 (age 21) | Nr Arras, France |
| Cause: Killed while commanding Machine Guns in rearguard action Address: Henin Hill Residence: Winchester House, Newport, Monmouthshire |
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| Probate | 24 May 1918 | Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales |
| Winchester House, Newport, Monmouthshire Probate to George Herbert Woods, engineer and manager. Effects £61 4s |
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He was three times sent back to England wounded, and was killed in
action on 22 Mar 1918 at Henin Hill, aged not quite 21, during the "Great Retreat" just
before the tide turned in the war. With his sergeant, he delayed the Germans at a
strategic spot and both were killed, as mentioned in dispatches.
| 1 | (RG13/1807 folio 45 page 6). |
| Text From Source: Census Wales 1901 Address: Hall Farm, Blundeston Place: Mutford, Suffolk, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Employ Status,At Home,Where Born,Infirmity,Language Thomas Hardwick Woods,Head,M,M,37,Gentleman farmer and J.P.,,,Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales,, Florence Emily Rose Woods,Wife,M,F,37,,,,Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales,, Winifred H Woods,Daughter,S,F,5,,,,USA,, Cecil H Woods,Son,S,M,4,,,,Blundeston, Suffolk,, Lillian Mabel Heard,Visitor,S,F,25,,,,Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales,, There were three servants - Harriet,25, and April Nunn,15, cook and housemaid, and Thirza Britton, 25, nurse. |