Name
Arthur James Leonard Woodcock
1899
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
22/11/1919
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
19229
Royal Sussex Regiment
3rd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CHESHUNT BURIAL GROUND
4. L.
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
UK & Other Memorials
Cheshunt Town Memorial, Cheshunt Burial Ground
Pre War
Arthur James Leonard Woodcock was born in 1899, in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, son of Francis John Woodcock a Wheelright and Emily Woodcock (nee Stuart). One of seven children although 1 died in infancy.
No 1901 Census for Arthur and his family was found.
1911 Census records Arthur’s parent, his three sisters and brother John, living at 93 & 95 High Street, Cheshunt, Herts, no Census record for Arthur was found.
Wartime Service
Arthur enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers, posted to the 13th Battalion, with the service number G/81824. Later transferred to the Royal Sussex Regiment, with the service number G/19229.
His Medal Index Card (MID) shows he was awarded the British War and Victory medals indicating he served overseas. No other information was found of his military service. He died in the Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, on 22nd November 1919. He is buried in Cheshunt Burial Ground, Bury Green Road, Cheshunt, Herts. Grave Ref; 4. L.
Additional Information
His effects of £13-19s 12d, went to his father Francis John Woodcock.
His Headstone inscription “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” was requested by Mr. F. J. Woodcock, 141 High Street, Cheshunt, Herts. His father.
Acknowledgments
Stuart Osborne
Jonty Wild
