Name
Percy Thomas Wooding
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/09/1917
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
23432
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
10th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
WESTOUTER CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION
II.C.12.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town War Memorial
Pre War
Percy was the son of Thomas and Annie Wooding, and the husband of Deborah P. Wooding, of 55, Mill Rd., Royston.
Wartime Service
Percy enlisted in the army in December 1915 and went out to France in July 1916. He was wounded in September 1916 in the left arm, and spent five months in hospital near St Albans.
After returning to his unit, he again found himself on the frontline, and it was on the night of 22 September 1917, as his Battalion moved up to forward trenches, that he was again wounded by a shell exploding nearby. The company stretcher bearers took him to an Aid Post from which he was transferred to the 10th Corps Advanced Operation Centre Hospital, where he subsequently died from his injuries.
Additional Information
A details biography has been written by Daniel Dawes – Great, great, nephew. This can be viewed at Percy Thomas Wooding.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
