CARWOOD Douglas Roland

  • First Name(s):
    Douglas 
    Roland 
  • Surname:
    CARWOOD
  • Service Number:
    22774275
  • Rank:

    Lance Corporal

  • Conflict:
    Korea
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Durham Light Infantry
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd November 1952
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on the UN Memorial Wall, Pusan, Korea and the Armed Forces Memorial at The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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CARWOOD Douglas Roland Is Named On These Memorials

Wichenford St Laurence Church
Wichenford Village Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wichenford Village Hall with the incorrect year of death as 1950 and the information: Pte

Further Information About CARWOOD Douglas Roland

Name given as Roland Douglas Carwood on the Veterans UK Roll of Honour.

The birth of Douglas Roland Carwood is registered in the March Quarter 1931 under the Bromyard Registration District, mother’s maiden name: Green.

Douglas Carwood was born on 30th January 1931, the son of Albert and Lavinia (nee Green) Carwood. He was one of at least 6 children.  At the age of 15, Roland was employed as a farm worker for Mr Spilsbury at Barrow Hill Farm.  In 1951 he enlisted in the army at Worcester and he was posted to the Durham light Infantry at Witley Bay.  In 1952 he was posted to Hong Kong, leaving the colony to take part in the fighting in Korea. According to the regimental diary, conditions in Korea were similar to the trenches in WW1.

The grave photograph available shows his name as R.D. Carwood on the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, England.

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