Name
Evelyn Charles Bradley Wodehouse
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1917
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn., attached 10th Bn. formerly RF 18th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GAZA WAR CEMETERY
XXX. A. 3.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Hertingfordbury Village Memorial, Church of St Mary and St John Church Roll of Honour, Hertingfordbury, Birch Green War Memorial, Birch Green School Memorial, We are not aware of any memorial in Letty Green
Pre War
Born in 1885 son of Charles Edward and Eva Priscilla Wodehouse, of Woolmers Park, Letty Green, Hertford.
He was living there in 1911 as an insurance inspector.
Wartime Service
Entered the Army as a private in the 18th Royal Fusiliers and then was commissioned in the Bedfordshires.
He arrived in the 5th battalion on 7 Oct 1915 at Gallipoli. They moved to Egypt on 29 Feb 1916. He was killed during shelling of the trenches outside Gaza.
Additional Information
Evelyn clearly has a connection to Letty Green, however it is not yet clear if he was living there when he enlisted.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
