Richard Woodall (1895 - 1918)

Born 1895 in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 7 Jul 1918 at about age 23 in France [uncertain]

Biography

Richard Woodall was born in Yorkshire, England.

Private Richard Woodall was killed in action during World War I.

This profile is part of the Eastrington, Yorkshire One Place Study.

Richard was born in 1895^[1] in Bubwith, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Richard Woodall and Mary Jane Brown.

At the time of the 1901 census, young Richard was a pauper inmate of the Howden workhouse, along with his older brothers Thomas, Harold and Sydney Woodall.^[2]

Richard worked as a beastman for the Buckle family at Manor Farm in Portington, Yorkshire, in 1911.^[3]

He enlisted in the Army in Halifax, Yorkshire, and was killed in action in 1918 while serving in the 1st Battalion of the Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. Richard Woodall. Vol 9d p 79. December quarter 1895. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
   GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Brown
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS95-7LG : 21 May 2019), Richard Woodall in household of Thos Wm Woodall, Howden, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Howden subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7RB-N5V : 21 December 2018), Richard Woodall in household of Herbert William Buckle, Portington And Cavil, Portington Howden, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Death Date: 7 Jul 1918. Regimental Number: 21/213. Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.