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Geoffrey Woodland (1923-1964)

Soldier

Rank:	Lieutenant
Service No:	7952840, later 299728
Squadron:	HQ, later B
Service:	Joined 23H on 14 Aug 1944. Relinquished his commission "on account of disability" on 16 Dec 1946
Wounded:	16 Apr 1945
Mentioned in:	War Diary 16 Apr 1945 23H Story Page 234, Page 277 Casualty List Record 1, Record 2

Civilian

Residence:	90 Haynes Rd, Romford, Essex (1946), later 30 Reed Pond Walk, Romford
Birth:	registered Dec 1923 in Romford, Essex
Death:	registered Dec 1964 in Romford
Marriage:	to Kathleen Hilda Moulson registered Sep 1950 in Romford
Children:	1 son

Parents

Edward Field Woodland	Dorothy Lowis
Municipal Clerk. 93 Hampton Road, Ilford, Essex, 'Oberon', Haynes Road, Hornchurch, Essex (1939). Birth 20 Jul 1895 in Walthamstow, Essex. Death registered Mar 1970 in Havering, Greater London. As 2603 Cpl EF Woodland, 1/9th Battalion London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles), he fought in the 1st and 2nd Battles of Ypres and at Gommecourt. He was taken prisoner on 1 Jul 1916 and interned at Dulmen and Minden, Holland. He was repatriated via Hull aboard SS Porto on 22 Nov 1918.	Birth 12 Nov 1894. Death registered Jun 1973 in Havering, Greater London.
Marriage registered Jun 1922 in Romford, Essex.

Notes

Geoffrey is on the list of those who attended the 23H reunion in 1959.