Service Details
Name:
 WOODHEAD
Given Name:
 HARRY
Initials:
 H
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Adjutant:
 Adjt.
Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 2nd Infantry (Duke of Edinburghs Own Rifles)
Date of Death:
 1916-10-19
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Date of Birth:
 1886-01-20
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, at Butte de Warlencourt
Decorations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Only son of Col. Henry Woodhead, C.M.G., V.D., J.P., and Mrs. A. B. Woodhead, of Maisonette, Rondebosch, Cape Province. B.A. (Oxon and Cape). Barrister of Inner Temple. Also served in German South West Africa with D.E.O. Rifles (Adjt.). Commemoration stone in Cape Town (MAITLAND) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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