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VC874   Thomas Woodcock

Name   Thomas Woodcock   No.   8387   

VC Issue No.   874   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Irish Guards, 2nd Battalion, No. 3 Company

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Corporal

Place Of Birth   Belvoir Street, Wigan, Lancashire, England

Place Of Death   Bullecourt, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, 8 miles south-west of Arras, Pas de Calais, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Plot 4, Row F, Grave 3

Gazetted   17 October 1917

VC Presented   9 March 1918 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, 8 miles south-west of Arras, Pas de Calais, France

Memorial Plaque, St Patricks Church, Hardybutts, Wigan, Lancashire

P  Named on War Memorial, Crawford Street, Wigan, Lancashire

By The Way…

Working in the Mines, he could have avoided the Military, but he joined the Irish Guards

VC Held By

Irish Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England

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BORN   19 March 1888

DIED   27 March 1918   AGE   30

VC Won  12-13 September 1917  AGE 29

Place VC Won   Ney Copse, Broenbeek, Belgium

War/Campaign   First World War 1917