WOOLLEY Samuel

  • First Name(s):
    Samuel 
  • Surname:
    WOOLLEY
  • Service Number:
    2537
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/7th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    22nd August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    21
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Leah Woolley, 12 Beach Rd., Norton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, and the late Samuel Woolley

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WOOLLEY Samuel Is Named On These Memorials

Stourbridge War Memorial

Further Information About WOOLLEY Samuel

Samuel Woolley was the son of Mrs Woolley who lived at 11 Cleveland Street, Stourbridge.  He attended Enville St. Council School.  At the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Worcester Territorials and joined the 1st/7th Battalion.  They went overseas in March 1915 and experienced front line service in quiet sectors of the Western Front.  In July 1916 they took a full part in the Battle of the Somme, leading the second phase attack on Ovillers on the 14th July and again on the Pozieres Ridge on 20th August.  Casualties were heavy on each occasion and Private Samuel Woolley was killed in action on the 22nd August.  He is also commemorated on the St. Thomas’s church and the former Enville St. school memorials.

Great Western Railway Roll of Honour:
Samuel Woolley, Engine Cleaner, Locomotive and Carriage Department, Stourbridge. Age 21 Private 1st/7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment, Died 22/08/1916.

Death reported in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1916/10/231. Photo in the Great Western Railway staff magazine, reference 1917/04/77.

Samuel Woolley has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society. Great Western Railway information researched by Sandra Taylor.