| Unit |
25th (London Cyclists) Bn attached 8th Kings Royal Rifle Corps 41st Brigade, 14th Division,
B.E.F. |
| Service Numbers |
498, 1762, 740612 |
| Rank |
Second Lieutenant |
| Nature of Death |
Killed in action Flanders 4/12/17 |
| Age |
28
|
| Burial/Commemoration |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium |
| Malvern Commemoration |
The Priory, Great Malvern |
| Next of Kin |
Only Son of Mr and Mrs W D Woods of
Stafford House, Malvern; husband of Lillian R Woods of St Moritz,
Wyche Road, Malvern |
| Education |
Lyttelton Grammar School, Felthorpe School
and The Kings School, Worcester |
| Previous Employment |
Articled to Messrs Baker, Sutton and Co,
Accountants in London |
Richard Hartland Woods was killed by a shell while touring the line with his commanding officer (A/Lieutenant-Colonel John Maxwell DSO MC, who was also killed).At the time he was serving as the Battalion Signal Officer of the 8th Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Woods had been a voluntary chorister at the Priory and was at the Lyttelton Grammar School before attending Felthorpe School and then the Kings School, Worcester. After school he was articled to Messrs Baker, Sutton and Co, accountants and was a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. At the outbreak of war he held an important position in a London accountancy firm.
He joined the 25th London Regiment, and was quickly promoted to Sergeant. His Colonel recommended him for a commission and in November 1916 he proceeded to Newmarket to a Cadet Battalion. In March 1917 he was gazetted as a Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment and was attached to the 8th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps in France. After only a month's service he was appointed the Battalion's Signal Officer.
Acknowledgements :-
http://www.malvernremembers.org.uk/HPWoods_RH.html
Malvern News 16/12/17, 12/1/18
In Memory of
Second Lieutenant RICHARD HARTLAND WOODS
25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)
attd 8th Bn., King's Royal Rifle Corps
who died
on 04 December 1917
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Woods, of Malvern; husband of Lillian R. Wood, of "St. Moritz," Wyche Rd., Malvern,
Worcs.
Remembered with honour
TYNE COT CEMETERY
The soldiers whose names are honoured here served and died during
the 1914 1918 war and are buried elsewhere in India.
[Courtesy of
Commonwealth War Graves Commission]
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