B160815 Rifleman George Clifford Woodruff was born in Cobourg, Ontario, on 31 January 1922, the son of George B. Woodruff and Jane Rowe. He had four brothers and three sisters, and attended Trafalgar Hughes Public School, Woodville High School and Oakwood Collegiate.

Woodruff worked as a yardman at Henderson Coal Company Ltd when he enlisted on 15 April 1944, and trained in Brantford, Camp Borden, and Debert, Nova Scotia.

He arrived in the United Kingdom on 31 December 1944, and after further training, arrived in Northwest Europe on 17 February 1945, and was posted to The Queen’s Own Rifles on 5 April.

Rifleman Woodruff, aged 23, was killed in action in Germany on 8 April 1944. He is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference XI. F. 13. His family had the following inscribed on his marker:

WE THINK OF YOU EACH DAY
DEAR CLIFFORD
AND TRUST OUR LOSS
WILL BE YOUR GAIN