In Memory Of

WOODHEAD, HARRY

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1886-01-20
Rank:
 Major
Adjutant:
 Adjt.
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Former Regiment:
 2nd Infantry (Duke of Edinburghs Own Rifles)
Date of Death:
 1916-10-19
Cause of Death:
 Missing in action, at Butte de Warlencourt
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 France
Additional Information
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"
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