Sidney Woolford. Picture provided by Sidney's Great Grand Daughter Justine Hard.
Sidney Woolford. Died 1916
Sidney Woolford was born in Finchampstead, Berkshire and by 1901 was employed as a servant by a family in Ascot. In 1905 he married Edith Tizard and at the time of his recruitment, was living on the Finchampstead Road (opposite the Tesco site). Within under a year of him joining up, Sidney died on the 29 June 1916, aged 34. His recruitment papers tell us he was a male nurse and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps.
- Mrs Edith ‘Babs’ Woolford (Tizzard)
Sidney was a nurse at Reading Military Hospital and died from a diseased lower jaw (from death certificate). However, his son always maintained he was murdered there by an inmate. See the comment below using information from Justine Hard, Sidney’s Great Grand Daughter.
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The list below is Sidney’s family tree.
Click on the ‘individuals’ part of the list and read about what has been discovered about Sidney, his siblings and his parentage.
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Sidney's birth certificate. Click on image to increase size
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