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Serjeant Albert John Woolcott

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Serjeant Albert John Woolcott Veteran

Birth
Chard, South Somerset District, Somerset, England
Death
19 Jan 1917 (aged 39–40)
Netley, Eastleigh Borough, Hampshire, England
Burial
Chard, South Somerset District, Somerset, England GPS-Latitude: 50.8760602, Longitude: -2.9675752
Plot
G. 77.
Memorial ID
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One of three children to Thomas and Mary Woolcott.
Worked as a blacksmith for a local lace factory on leaving school.
Married Mary Pattimore on Boxing Day 1901: they went on to have four children.
Was a keen member of the local volunteer brigade and was given the rank of Serjeant in the 5th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry when war was declared.
Served in India for eighteen months - returned to England for medical treatment on dorsal abscesses on his hand.
Died at Netley Hospital, Southampton.
One of three children to Thomas and Mary Woolcott.
Worked as a blacksmith for a local lace factory on leaving school.
Married Mary Pattimore on Boxing Day 1901: they went on to have four children.
Was a keen member of the local volunteer brigade and was given the rank of Serjeant in the 5th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry when war was declared.
Served in India for eighteen months - returned to England for medical treatment on dorsal abscesses on his hand.
Died at Netley Hospital, Southampton.

Inscription

Somerset Light Infantry

Gravesite Details

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