Life story: Bertram Arthur Woodcock | Lives of the First World War

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1899

birth Whaddon, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:5502095 21st March 1899

1901

sibling Edna Violet Woodcock Source:5502095 19th April 1901

1903

sibling Gwendoline May Woodcock Source:5502095 10th July 1903

1905

sibling Laura Winifred Woodcock Source:5502095 31st December 1905

1913

employment Farming Family Business Whaddon, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:5502095 1913 - 1958

1917

enlistment Not Known United Kingdom Source:5502095 30th May 1917

1917

service British Army Private 63738 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 10th & 8th Battalion Source:4860374 30th May 1917 - 1st January 1920

1917

service British Army Private 63738 The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 10th & 8th Battalions Source:4860374 30th May 1917 - 1st January 1920

1920

discharge Source:5502095 1st January 1920

1950

marriage Agnes Hewitt Source:5502095 8th July 1950

1951

children Arthur Richard Woodcock Source:5502095 24th April 1951

1953

children Brian Philip Woodcock Source:5502095 25th May 1953

1958

employment Farmworker Vernon Hart Meldreth, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:5502095 1958 - 1961

1961

employment Process Worker Atlas Asbestos Company Meldreth, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:5502095 1961 - 1969

1975

death Not War Related Cambridge United Kingdom Source:5502095 1st January 1975

burial St Mary The Virgin Graveyard Non-War Cemetery Whaddon, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom Source:5502095

Details

Names

Type	Name
First Names	Bertram Arthur
Initials	BA
Last Name	Woodcock
Source	5502095
First Names	Bertram A
Initials	BA
Last Name	Woodcock
Source	5502095

Gender

Gender	Source
Male

Contribution

Military Service

Service	Number	Unit	Section	Rank	Source
British Army	63738	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	10th & 8th Battalion	Private
British Army	63738	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	10th & 8th Battalions	Private

Awards

Award	Type	Source
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Family

Children

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Arthur Richard Woodcock	son	24th April 1951
Brian Philip Woodcock	son	25th May 1953

Parents

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Arthur Woodcock	father
Elizabeth Woodcock - nee Jacklin	mother

Siblings

Name	Relationship	Dates
Edna Violet Woodcock	sister	19th April 1901
Gwendoline May Woodcock	sister	10th July 1903
Laura Winifred Woodcock	sister	31st December 1905

Spouse

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Agnes Hewitt	wife	8th July 1950

Media

Private Bertram A Woodcock 63738

Studio photograph of Bert Woodcock - taken by Robert H Clark, Royston, Hertfordshire in June 1917 when Bert was called up. 10th Battalion, Queens Division, Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate for Bertram Arthur Woodcock

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College Farm Whaddon circa 1909

From L-R Gwendoline May Woodcock, Edna Violet Woodcock, Elizabeth Woodcock, Laura Winifred Woodcock and Bertram Arthur Woodcock

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Bert Woodcock, Farmer

College Farm, Whaddon, Late 1940s/early 1950s

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Bert Woodcock's call up draft 1917

Photograph taken in a Cambridgeshire village for the Cambridge Chronicle spring 1917 after Bert Woodcock's eighteenth birthday and consequent conscription

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Either Ypres area 1918 or Cologne 1919

Part of a collection of three photographs printed as postcards and owned by Bert Woodcock ( 3rd from left rear of wagon )

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Regimental group

Cologne area 1919 as part of the British Rhineland army of occupation. Bert Woodcock 3rd from left at rear

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Regimental group Cologne are

Celebratory photograph at the end of 10th Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment tour of duty in the British Rhineland Army of Occupation. Bert Woodcock third on right, middle row seated.

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Demobilization documents envelope

Cover for the documents issued to Bert Woodcock

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Demobilization documents

Address change instruction / boots and clothing certification / Out of Work Donation Policy 29/01/20 to 28/02/21 - unused

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Transfer to the Reserve & Great Coat Return

Army Forms Z 21 & Z 50

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War Gratuity / Health Insurance / Cleanliness Cert

Receipt of War Gratuity, National Health Insurance Card ( showing total time in the army ) and Certificate of Cleanliness

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Certificate of Employment during the War

Army Form Z 18 - front page

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Certificate of Employment during the War

Army Form Z 18 reverse side with praiseworthy comments

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Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity

Army Form Z 11

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Demobilization and Civil Employment

AB 472

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Official Records

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Arthur13218
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Arthur13218
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Arthur13218
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Arthur13218

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Title	Connected by	More information
Private Bertram A Woodcock 63738	Arthur13218
Birth Certificate	Arthur13218
College Farm Whaddon circa 1909	Arthur13218
Bert Woodcock, Farmer	Arthur13218
Bert Woodcock's call up draft 1917	Arthur13218
Either Ypres area 1918 or Cologne 1919	Arthur13218
Regimental group	Arthur13218
Regimental group Cologne are	Arthur13218
Demobilization documents envelope	Arthur13218
Demobilization documents	Arthur13218
Transfer to the Reserve & Great Coat Return	Arthur13218
War Gratuity / Health Insurance / Cleanliness Cert	Arthur13218
Certificate of Employment during the War	Arthur13218
Certificate of Employment during the War	Arthur13218
Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity	Arthur13218
Demobilization and Civil Employment	Arthur13218

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