Woodcock,+Ben

1st 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. Died of wounds 27th December 1915.
 * Sergeant John Benjamin Woodcock**



Attestation for 6th Bn WRR No 159 John Benjamin Woodcock Born Ranskill, Notts. British. Age 29. Labourer. Employed by Messrs Holmes & Pearson Address 6, Tyne Street, off Parkwood, Keighley. Married. Currently serving in 3rd V Bn WRR Dated 3rd April 1908. Haworth.
 * Service records - information:**

Examined 6th April 1908. Age 29. Labourer.
 * Medical:**

No 159. Sergt Woodcock. Date stamped: 21 Jan 1916 York. Embarked Folkestone SS Onward 14.4.15. 13.6.15. West Riding Field ambulance. Admitted Sprained back. Discharged same day. 22.6.15. Wounded slightly. 26.6.15 Field ambulance. Readmitted. GSW Face. 25.12.15 Wounded. Field. 25.12.15. 1/??R Fld Amb. 10.CC Stn. Admitted Sh. W. Face Chest & arm Fract lower Jaw ????? 28.12.15. Died 3.10 pm Rev J B Brooker Buried Soldiers Cemetery Sh27.59(Sq?)L.22.D.6.3
 * Casualty form - Active service**

Effects form. War Office St James's Park, London. 29th March 1916. E/148066/1 (Accounts 4.) British War Medal Victory Medal Personal effects of No 159 Sergeant John Benjamin Woodcock 1/6 Battalion West Riding Regiment should be despatched to Mrs Emma Woodcock 14, Park Avenue, Victoria Road, Keighley. Stamped 3rd April 1916.
 * Territorial Force records** Date stamped 1st April 1916.

Receipt for Victory Medal of Sgt J B Woodcock. March 5th 1921. Signed Mrs E. Woodcock. Memorial Scroll of Sgt J B Woodcock. March 18th 1921. Mrs E. Woodcock British War Medal of Sgt J B Woodcock. March 4th 1921. Mrs E. Woodcock. 1914/15 Star of Sgt J B Woodcock. No date Mrs E. Woodcock. (Stamped 19th Sep 1921).
 * Infantry records stamped 4th March 1921:**

Joined at Haworth on 20.7.97 West Riding Regt 3rd Volunteer Battalion. Former service in Imperial Yeomanry or Volunteer Force. Private. 20.7.97 to 12.3.08 " " " " Private. 30.3.08 to 31.3.08 West Riding Regt 6th Bn Transferred Private. 1.4.08 to 31.3.12 " " Promoted Corporal. 1.4.12 to 31.3.14 " " Re-engaged (1 year) Corporal. 1.4.14 to 31.3.15 Annual training: West Riding Regt. 6th Bn. Redcar. Private 8 days 26.7.08 to 2.8.08 " " Masske? " 15 days 25.7.09 to 8.8.09 " " Peel F of On? " " 24.7.10 to 7.8.10 " " Ripon " " 30.7.11 to 13.8.11 " " Flamborough Corporal " 28.7.12 to 11.8.12 " " " " 9 days 27.7.13 to 10.8.13 " " MAR?RE " 9 days 26.7.14 to 3.8.14 " " Embodied " 5.8.14.
 * Service history:**

W R Regt 6th Bn. Corpl. 5.8.14 26.9.14 " 1/6 Bn. Promoted. Sergt. 26.9.14 1/6 Bn. Died of wounds. Sergt. 27.12.15.
 * Embodied service:**

Total service towards engagement in the Territorial Force to 27.12.15 (date of discharge) 7 years 269 days.

Home 20.7.97 to 12.3.08 10 years 235 days Home 30.3.08 to 13.4.15 Ex Force France 14.4.15.
 * Military History sheet:**

Home 20.7.97 to 12.3.08 10 years 236 days

Home 1.4.08 to 4.8.14 6 years 126 days Embodied 5.8.14 to 13.4.15 252 days Abroad 14.4.15 to 27.12.15 258 days 7 years 271 days

"Home" 5/8/14 to 13/4/15 Expeditionary Force (Embarked at Folkestone) France 14.4.15 to 27.12.15.

Wounded 22.6.15 Wounded slightly (no further information) Wounded 26.6.15 admitted to 1/2 W R Field Ambulance - Re-admitted with a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to the face - I believe this is the wound on his face in the attached picture, he looks to be convalescing somewhere from his wound. Wounded 25.12.15. admitted to 1/2 W R Field Ambulance then no. 10 Casualty Clearing Station with Shrapnel wound to face, chest and arm. Fractured lower jaw and humerus. Died of wounds at 3.10 pm on 27.12.15. at 'Number 10 Casualty Clearing Station' which was at 'Remy Siding' (see below). Buried by Rev. J. B. Brooker at the 'Soldiers Cemetery', later Lijssenthoek Cemetery. He is in grave 31, row C, plot IV.

This was based at Remy Siding, so named because it was actually built next to a railway siding as this was the quickest way to transport injured men to the hospitals from the battlefields and from here to Base Hospitals for further treatment. Men who didn't get on the train here for the Base Hospitals would have died here and been buried at Lijssenthoek Cemetery.
 * Notes on Remy Siding: 'Number 10 Casualty Clearing Station':**

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal 1914 - 15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal
 * Medals:**