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Oct 16, 1888
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Born in Nottingham, England to Leonard and Alice
Woodward
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Jun 17, 1911
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Embarked the SS Teutonic in Liverpool
Occupation listed on ship’s manifest Fireman, and
intended occupation given as Bottler
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Jun 25, 1911
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Disembarked in Montreal, Quebec and proceeded to
Waterloo, Ontario
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Feb 22, 1915
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Bernard’s wife, Mary Louisa Woodward gave written
consent for her husband to join the expeditionary force.
This permission was required by law at the
beginning of the war
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Feb 25, 1915
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Attested into the 34th Battalion CEF
in Guelph, Ontario
Ø Number 402429
Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Mary
Louisa Woodward, wife, Waterloo, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Boiler Maker’s Helper
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Church of
England
Ø Posted to the battalion’s 2nd
Draft
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Jul 8, 1915
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Appointed to the rank of Lance Corporal
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Aug 17, 1915
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The 34th Battalion’s 2nd
Reinforcing Draft embarked the SS Hesperian in Montreal, Quebec
Shown on the ship’s Embarkation Roll with the
rank of Private
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Aug 26, 1915
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The draft disembarked in Liverpool, England and
proceeded to Shorncliffe where the men were absorbed into the 9th
Reserve Battalion and posted to “B” Company to continue training
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Sep 1, 1915
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Admitted to the Moore Barracks Canadian Hospital
with a diagnosis that reads Dislocated Cartilage in his right knee
Rank shown on admission Lance Corporal
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Sep 6, 1915
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Transferred to the Central Military Hospital in
Shorncliffe
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Sep 9, 1915
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Surgery performed to repair the damaged knee
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Sep 26, 1915
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Transferred to the VAD (Volunteer Aid Detachment)
Hospital, Ash, Kent
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Oct 11, 1915
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Discharged from hospital and posted to the 9th
Reserve Battalion in West Sandling with light duties
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Jan 19, 1916
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Transferred to the 21st Battalion
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Jan 20, 1916
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Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the
Rouelles Camp, Havre, France and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21st
Battalion
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Feb 3, 1916
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After leaving the base depot, Private Woodward
joined the 21st Battalion in the N & O trenches near
Voormezeele, Belgium, on the Ypres Salient and was posted to “B” Company
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Jun 14, 1916
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Admitted to the 2nd Division Rest
Station at the No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance with a diagnosis that reads
Trench Fever
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Jun 23, 1916
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Private Woodward rejoined the 21st
Battalion in trenches 33 to 38 near Verbrande Molen, Belgium on the Ypres
Salient
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Sep 15, 1916
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The 21st Battalion was assigned the
objective of capturing the strongly defended German headquarters in a sugar
factory south of Courcelette, France as part of the battle of the Somme. The fighting was fierce and the losses were
heavy. Private Bernard Woodward was
first reported to be missing, but his body was later recovered and buried in
a field near the jumping off point just east of Pozieres.
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When the war ended, his remains were exhumed and
reburied in the Courcelette British Cemetery, Courcelette, France.
Following the war, the British War Medal, Victory
Medal, Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny), Scroll and Memorial Cross were sent to his
widow, Mrs. Mary Woodward, Waterloo, Ontario
A second Memorial Cross was sent to his mother,
Alice Woodward, New Lenton, Nottingham, England
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Oct 12, 1918
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Bernard’s wife Mary Woodward died in Waterloo, and
was buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario
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