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Pte. Thomas Woodall
British Army 7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
(d.14th October 1918)
Thomas Woodall was born in 1893 in Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire. He was the only son of Anne Peabody and Samuel Woodall. He enlisted to serve his country in 1914. He married his sweetheart, Alice Neale, in April 1915 an became a father in 1917 to a son and in 1918 his daughter was born. He came home on leave for her baptism in September of the same year then returned to his regiment for training.
In October 1918 he went to to France with his regiment on 14th he was killed in action. It is believed this happened in the battle for Coutrai. His loved ones were told. However, his little girl died in Jan 1919 this was a double devastion for his wife and his sibling my grandmother.
No matter where your loved ones died they were taken too soon but we must always remember them for the heroes they are.
Lest we forget
