WESTWOOD Howard

  • First Name(s):
    Howard 
  • Surname:
    WESTWOOD
  • Service Number:
    7765
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Royal Warwickshire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    Formerly 4597, Worcestershire Regiment.
  • Date of Death:
    15th November 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 9A 9B and 10B.
  • Place of Birth:
    Wollescote, Worcestershire, resident Lye, Worcestershire, enlisted Stourbridge, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WESTWOOD Howard Is Named On These Memorials

Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window
Wollescote School

Further Information About WESTWOOD Howard

Howard Westwood was born in Wollescote and attended Wollescote school.  He enlisted in the Worcesters, probably as a regular soldier before the Great War and was called up from the Reserve to join his battalion in 1914.  At some point he was transferred to the 11th Warwicks in the 37th Division.  Their first serious involvement in battle came in November 1916 when they fought in the battle of the Ancre, the final phase of the 1916 Battle of the Somme.  It was a major attack to gain the village of Grandcourt.  Although eventually successful, the cost was heavy and among the casualties was Private Howard Westwood.

Howard Westwood has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.