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Private JOHN WOODHEAD

Service Number: 57236
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. J. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and the late Alice Woodhead, of 12, Honeysuckle Row, Ribbleton, Preston.
  • Personal Inscription HE RESTS IN PEACE. HIS RACE IS RUN. THE FIGHT OF FAITH IS O'ER.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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