234666 Cpl. Cuthbert William Woodhouse British Army 22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Bill Woodhouse joined the British Army, Royal Field Artillery in January 1909 aged 14 years and 9 months. At the beginning of WWI he was a member of 22nd Brigade. Early in WWI he became a corporal. He fought through many battles (later details sadly as yet not known) and was wounded in action, a piece of shrapnel hit him in the helmet, shattering his skull. He was Blightied out and at some point later he had a steel plate in his head replacing the shattered bone. He eventually left the British Army after a period of convalescence and recovery in January 1918, and lived into his eighties.
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