This Biographical Dictionary is dedicated to all the men and
women who lived, fought, sacrificed and died during the
turbulent era of the Great War. It is our hope that by reading
about the lives of those involved, that the Great War will be
remembered for the immense human drama it was, and will not
lapse into obscure statistics, dates and myths. Woods, Harry
Private, #3/7283 The Dorsetshire Regiment. (1892/3 - 1915) Born
Shrivenham, Berkshire, England. Harry Woods was born in
Shrivenham, Berkshire and was living in Shaftesbury, Dorset,
when he joined the 1st Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment.
There is only one contemporary reference to Harry Woods's Army
career - a mention of his death, made in the diary of another
soldier. On 5th July, 1915, the 1st Dorsets were holding
trenches at the foot of Hill 60, near Ypres, Belgium. They had
endured the fierce fighting, gas and mines of the May attacks
and counter-attacks. By the beginning of July, the Germans had
established themselves on the crest of the hill (n