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Corporal Peter Woods was enlisted into The King's Regiment (Liverpool) and later volunteered for airborne forces.He subsequently served with 13th Parachute Battalion during the Normandy campaign and the Ardennes, where he was killed in action.

Cpl Woods died on 4 January 1945, aged 29 years, and is now buried at Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.

Corporal Peter Woods

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...

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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...
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Cpl Peter Woods' Grave in Hotton War Cemetery
Cpl Peter Woods' Grave in Hotton War Cemetery
Grave of Cpl Peter J Woods, Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium, 2015.
Grave of Cpl Peter J Woods, Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium, 2015.
Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg.
Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg.