East Africa & Rhodesia - 6/10/55 - Mr Henry Plunket Woodgate, who died at his home in Camberley last Friday at the age of 67, went to Kenya to farm shortly before the outbreak of war in 1914. He joined Bowker's Horse as soon as hostilities were declared, took part in the sharp action at Longido, was commissioned and attached to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and was with Smuts on the drive into the heart of "German East". Then transferred to the Middle East, he served under Allenby in the advance into Palestine. …… Retiring from the Army late in 1922, Woodgate farmed in the Union of South Africa for a couple of years, and then returned to England, where he engaged in free-lance journalism and lecturing. ….. He had been educated at Cheam and Harrow, and had been a tea planter in Ceylon from 1908-1914. He married recently, and is survived by Mrs Woodgate.