Private John Woodhouse

John Woodhouse was the son of Waldron and Mary Woodhouse; and husband of Edith Woodhouse, of Old Hill, Staffordshire.

He enlisted in The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (RWR) and was serving with the 13th Battalion RWR, when it was turned over to airborne forces and redesignated as the 8th (Midlands) Parachute Battalion one year later.

At the end of the following month 17 officers and 193 other ranks from the battalion, including Pte Woodhouse, attended parachute course 44, which ran at RAF Ringway from 28 December until 8 January 1943.

Pte Woodhouse served with HQ Company, and took part in the Normandy campaign in June 1944.

He was killed by enemy shelling, along with Sgt Tisdale, while in the 8th Para Bn HQ area.

Pte John Woodhouse died, aged 36 years, on 11 June 1944 and is now buried in the Ranville War Cemetery, Normandy.