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L/Cpl. Henry A. Woods
British Army 1st Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Bonnie Bridge
My grandfather, Harry Woods, was a Lewis gunner in the Seaforth Highlanders. He described landing in Basra as one of the most beautiful places he ever saw. He was wounded in the legs by shrapnel and contracted malaria in Mesopotamia.
I have a photo of him in uniform in Cairo. His unit took part in the campaign in Gaza and Palastine. North of Jerusalem his unit was charging a trench when he took shrapnel through his open mouth, knocking him down and paralyzing him. Field medical units placed him in a pile of dead. When he was being stripped of his gear and clothing it was noticed that he had tears in his eyes and so was still alive. He was eventually brought to a hospital in Alexandria where he was recuperating on Armistice day. A very, very lucky man.
