Christopher Woodhouse

A Private with the 1/1st Battalion, Christopher died on 27th of May 1917 at the age of 25. 

Christopher was born at Sheringham on 2 May 1892, a son of William Henry and Caroline Woodhouse. He was baptised at Upper Sheringham on 22 July 1894. In 1901 his family lived at Lifeboat Square, Sheringham. By 1911 they were living at Weston Street, Sheringham, and Christopher was a general labourer for the county council. 

Christopher volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Norwich. He joined the Norfolk Regiment, service number 3519. 

On 25 October 1915 Christopher married Eliza Charlotte Howlett at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. Christopher was a solider stationed at Bawsey Manor Camp, and Eliza lived at 95 Saint Margaret’s Road, Lowestoft. 

Christopher was transferred to the Cambridgeshire Regiment, service number 6912, and posted to the 1/1st Battalion in France. In 1917 he was renumbered 328221. 

On 27 May 1917 the 1/1st Battalion had working parties in Ypres and on the railway near Vlamertinghe. The latter party was shelled and four men, including Christopher, killed, and eleven wounded.