Memorial card of Lancelot Woodrow

Item

Title

Memorial card of Lancelot Woodrow

Identifier

9039.cpd

Subject

Woodrow, Lancelot

Abstract

Lancelot Woodrow was not officially recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as he enlisted under his brother's name Bertie Woodrow. I have managed to establish that he now has been listed under his right name which took some time via e-mails to the Commission. I have been informed that his name will be added to the memorial when they next engrave there.

Editor's Comment:
Card from memorial service giving details of the fallen. Front inscription: 'He hath fought the good fight'. Poem to inside cover, begining 'Some day we hope to meet him'.

Pte. 11107 Lancelot Sydney Woodrow (served as Bertie Reginald Woodrow), 1st Bn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action 16th August 1917, is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The 1st Bn., as part of the 29th Division, took part in the Battle of Langemarck, 16th-18th April 1917, the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele).

Pte. 202136 Bertie Reginald Woodrow, 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers, killed in action 11th April 1918, is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The 1st Bn, as part of the 3rd Division, took part in the Battle of Estaires, repulsing the German 'Spring Offensive', 9th-11th April 1918 (opening of the Battle of the Lys).

Date

16 August 1917

Date Created

1917-08-16

Source

Folio

Medium

Card

Type

Other

number of pages

2

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
Heather Hannant

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford