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2nd Lt. Sidney Clayton Woodroffe VC.
British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Bournemouth
(d.30th Jul 1915)
Second Lieutenant Sidney Woodroffe served with the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade during WW1. He died on the 30th July 1915, Age: 19 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. Educated at Marlborough, he was the son of Henry L. and Clara Woodroffe, of Thorpewood, Branksome Av., Bournemouth. His brothers Kenneth and Leslie also fell.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29286, dated 3rd Sept., 1915, records the following :-
For most conspicuous bravery on 30th July, 1915, at Hooge. The enemy having broken through the centre of our front trenches, consequent on the use of burning liquids, this Officers position was heavily attacked with bombs from the flank and subsequently from the rear, but he managed to defend his post until all his bombs were exhausted, and then skilfully withdrew his remaining men. This very gallant Officer immediately led his party forward in a counter-attack under an intense rifle and machine gun fire and was killed whilst in the act of cutting the wire obstacles in the open.
