Three pictures of Ernest William Woods. In the first picture, William is the man sitting down.
Ernest William Woods, regiment number 149219, was a gunner with the 188 siege battery RGA. William Woods didn't join up until 1917 and was posted to the British Expeditionary Force in France in July 1917 (1st reserve Brigade RGA) and to 188 SB on the 11th august 1917. He was active in the Ypres area because he had two small military maps (one around Ten Brielen and the other around Houtem). William Woods survived the war and lived to an old age. He died however well before his grandson, Richard Woods, could ask him any questions about his war service. The only thing Richard can remember was that his grandmother wouldn't let William in the house when he came home on leave until he had removed his uniform as it was invested with lice.

Picture of Ernest William Woods (William is the man sitting down)
Ernest William Woods
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