Cecil Nathan Sidney Woolf
Born:
16 Elul 5647 (05 September 1887)
Died:
14 Kislev 5678 (29 November 1917)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
16 Elul 5647 (05 September 1887)
Death
Date of death:
14 Kislev 5678 (29 November 1917)
Place of death:
2/3rd London Field Ambulance
Cause of death:
Died of wounds - GSW, penetrating abdomen
Burial place:
Grevillers British Cemetery
Places
Addresses
Family Home:
9 Collinette Road, Putney (1911)
Schools
Name:
Arlington House School
Name:
Trinity College, Cambridge
Other Organisations
Name:
Trinity College Cambridge
Synagogues
Name:
West London Synagogue
Name:
Upper Berkeley Street Synagogue
Excerpt from Letter to brother Leonard, 1916
“Well, this is an odd war and an odd life! I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. It all defies description”
(Glendinning, Victoria. Leonard Woolf. London: Simon & Schuster, 2006.)
Injury and death
On November 27th, 1917 at the Battle of Cambrai in Bourlon Wood, Cecil and Philip were hit by a German shell, seriously wounding both. The regiment had been under attack all day without receiving instruction. On their left side they fought uncovered while on their right they fought alongside the Irish Guard. The ceaseless attack of shells led their major to leave the safety of the trenches and walk in the battlefield in hopes of inspiring the men to keep fighting. When the major was hit by a shell, Cecil and Philip left the trenches to bring him back to safety, but a shell exploded between them, injuring them both. Philip was sent to recover at Fishmonger Hall, which was set up as a temporary hospital. Cecil died two days after the attack, at the age of thirty, due to the injuries he received.
(Glendinning, Victoria. Leonard Woolf. London: Simon & Schuster, 2006.)
Family
Siblings
Arnold Herbert Sidney Woolf "Herbert" (male)
Benjamin Sidney Woolf (male)
Clara Sidney Woolf (female)
Flora Sidney Woolf (female)
Parents
Father: Solomon Rees Sidney Woolf Q.C. (male)
Mother: Marie Bathilde de Jongh (female)
Military Record
Date enlisted/conscripted:
09 December 1915
Date discharged/death:
29 November 1917
Rank at discharge/death:
Lieutenant
Assignments
Campaigns:
Battle of Bourlon Wood
1 of 2
Register of effects
2 of 2
Medal card
1 of 2
Register of effects
2 of 2
Medal card
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
29 November 1917
Regiment / service:
Special Reserve
Cemetery:
Grevillers British Cemetery, France
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 8.
Personal inscription:
YOUR DAYS WERE ALL TOO SHORT BELOVED FOR A LIFE SO NOBLY LIVED
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Academia
Organisation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
Type of employment:
Bartolus of Sassoferrato, his Position in the History of Medieval Political Thought
Position:
Writer (MA Dissertation was published)
