Woodland War Memorials
There have been 4 memorials:
- St. Mary’s Church: The memorial plaque commemorates John Hepple.
- Woodland Reading Rooms: The memorial plaque commemorates T.W. Morton; E. Hebdon and T. Newton. To date this memorial has not been traced.
- John the Evangelist Church, Grewburn Lane, Lynesack: The memorial plaque commemorates 39 men of Lynesack and Woodland who were killed. The Parish Church memorial includes men from the 3 villages of Butterknowle, Copley and Woodland.
- Woodland War Memorial: 17ft. high stone memorial mounted on an 8ft.6”square base commemorates the 63 men from the village who served in the Great War and particularly the 8 men who made the ultimate sacrifice. It is located to the north of the road leading through the village, B6282.
| NAME | REGIMENT | DATE | CEMETERY |
| ANDERSON R. | 1/Black Watch | 13.10.1915 | Loos Memorial |
| GILL J.W. | 7/East Yorks | 3.12.1918 | Hamsterley |
| HEPPLE J | 9/Yorks. | 5.10.1918 | Tincourt BC |
| LOWES E.V. | 3/Dorsetshire | 12.06.1915 | Lynesack |
| MORTON T.W. | 2/DLI | 24.10.1918 | Vadencourt BC |
| NEWTON T. | 15/DLI | 21.03.1918 | Pozieres Memorial |
| STEPHENSON P.C. | 58/Labour Coy | 28.03.1918 | Duhallow ADS C |
| STEPHENSON T.W. | 15/DLI | 31.05.1918 | Sissonne BC |
The Gaunless Valley in World War 1 