Willie Woodhead

Corporal. 242037. 1/4th Battalion. Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly

1188. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment.

Born 1896 in Golcar.

Son of Herbert and Lizzie.

Brother of Harold.

Address: 105 Swallow Lane, Golcar.

Occupation: Woollen Pattern Warper

Died of wounds: 5th November 1918. Aged 22.

Buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Block S. Plot 2. Row Y. Grave 7.

Willie died in No 11 Stationary Hospital, Rouen. His Name appears on the Roll of honour in St. John's Church, Golcar.

During WW1 camps and hospitals were stationed on the southern outskirts of Rouen and almost all remained throughout the entire war. The majority of the dead were taken to the city cemetery of St. Sever, but in 1916 it was found necessary to begin an extension. The cemetery extension now has 8,348 graves from the First World War, and was used again in the Second World War.