Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Vivian Mackay Woodhouse, a solicitor, born 1867 in London and his wife Helen Maria Woodhouse (nee Loosemore, married on the 20th June 1888 in Holy Cross Church, Canterbury, Kent), born 1864 in Canada. Cecil Herbert Mackay, was born in the 3rd quarter of 1891 in Leicester and was baptised on the 22nd July 1891 in the Parish Church, Queniborough, Leicestershire, his siblings were, Vivienne, born 5th April 1889 and baptised on the 20th May 1889 in St. John the Baptist Church, Leicester and Helen Mary, born 1893 and baptised on the 16th March 1893 at St. John the Divine Church, Leicester, both siblings were born in Leicester, in March 1901 the family home was at 108, Regent Road, Leicester. In April 1911 Cecil was engaged as an architect’s pupil and was residing in the family home at The Old Hall, Queniborough, together with his father, a solicitor, and his siblings Vivienne and Helen. Cecil was shown to be serving with the 12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment at the time of his death, yet that Battalion had been disbanded on the 12th February 1918, and I can find no trace of which unit Cecil was subsequently posted to. He was awarded the British War and Victory medals.
On Friday June 21st 1918 The Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette published the following article under the heading. “QUENIBOROUGH.” – LIEUT. WOODHOUSE MISSING. – Mr. and Mrs. Woodhouse, The Old Hall, Queniborough, have heard unofficially that their son, Lieut. C. H. Woodhouse, York and Lancs. Regiment, is missing. His Captain writes to say that Lieut. Woodhouse was in charge of a raiding party, and he and two others failed to return, the casualties being heavy.
On Friday September 27th 1918 The Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette published the following article under the heading. “QUENIBOROUGH.” – MEMORIAL SERVICE. – A memorial service was held in the Parish Church on Thursday evening for Captain C. H. Woodhouse and 15 others from the parish who have fallen in the war, viz. Lieut. Brooks, Lieut. T. Fox, Edward Lowe, Alfred Lowe, William Glover, Sydney Crawford, Max Crawford, Percy Ogden, Charles Stiff, Harold Mansfield, Richard Mansfield, Isaac Bursnell, William Cook.