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Philip Woolfe
Born:
1897
Basic Information
Unique reference:
WOO2826
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
1897
Place of birth:
Manchester
Death
Died in combat?:
No
Places
Addresses
27 Hart Street Liverpool (1901)
25 Maple Street Cheetham Manchester (1911)
Schools
Name:
Manchester Jews School
Year started:
1908
Year left:
1911
Family
Spouse
Gertie Woolfe (female)
Siblings
Parents
Mother: Rebecca Goldstein (female)
Father: David Woolfe (male)
Philip (seated) with brother Louis
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Military record no.:
377288
Date enlisted/conscripted:
24 September 1916
Date discharged/death:
23 January 1919
Rank at discharge/death:
Private
Sustained injuries:
Trench fever
Assignments
Regiment:
Manchester Regiment
Battalion/unit:
2/10th and 1/6th Battalions
Posting:
Philip suffered from 'trench fever' in October 1917, and was badly wounded on the Somme in September 1918, causing him to be discharged as medically unfit
Campaigns:
Battles of Vimy Ridge, Messines, Third Ypres (Passchendaele), Lens, Cambrai and the Second Somme
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