William John Woodfield

Private William John Woodfield of Co. Down served in 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment as part of the British Expeditionary Force's time in France.

Private

William John Woodfield

5044480

Private William John Woodfield (5044480) served in 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment during the Second World War. He was the son of Thomas Woodfield and Ada Woodfield, and the husband of Elizabeth Woodfield of Rathmullan, Co. Down.

Private Woodfield died on 1st June 1940 aged 30 years old. His grave is in Plot 2, Row 13, Grave 25 of Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France. His headstone bears the inscription:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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