George Henry Woodcock

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772312

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Warwickshire

Birth city:

Birmingham

Address at enlistment:

177 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

177 Darling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Drill hand

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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BX October 12, 1965

George Henry Woodcock

George Henry (Harry) Woodcock, 76 of 39 Waterloo Street, died Monday in the Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Birmingham, England, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Woodcock and had resided in Brantford for the past 59 years. Mr. Woodcock was a veteran of the First World War and served overseas with the 125th Battalion. He was a life member of the Royal Canadian Branch 90 and was formerly employed with the Massey-Ferguson Limited previous to retiring in 1957. He operated his own shoe repair shop in West Brantford for a number of years. Surviving besides his wife, the former Lillian Dawson, are four sons, Carl, Sid, Harry, and Robert all of Brantford; two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Violet) Farcoe of Toronto, Mrs. Elton (Evelyn) Smith of Brantford; one brother, Edgar of Peterborough; 30 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren. Mr. Woodcock is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Thursday for service in the chapel at 2 p.m. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery, Rev. J.W. Houston will officiate.