Further Information
Joseph Woodall was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on 23 November 1918.
Joseph Woodall stayed in the Army after the war and on 7 March 1919 became a Second Lieutenant with one of the Service Battalions of The Rifle Brigade. He retired from the Army as a Captain in September 1921.
Woodall did not attend the 1956 VC Centenary Review, although he did attend a Festival of Remembrance in Dublin in November 1956, along with three other VC holders - Adrian Carton de Wiart, John Moyney and James Duffy.
Joseph Woodall died at St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire on 2 January 1962 and was buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.
Medal entitlement of Captain Joseph Edward Woodall - 1st Bn, The Rifle Brigade
- Victoria Cross
- 1914–15 Star
- British War Medal (1914–20)
- Victory Medal (1914–19)
- King George VI Coronation Medal (1937)
- Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953)
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