Wyndham Workman, coal miner, son of a Gloucestershire couple, Frederick and Blanche Workman of Penmain Crossings Cottage, Courtybella, Argoed, served with the 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, and arrived in France in October 1915. In May-June 1917, the 46th Division, with his battalion serving as pioneers in front of the northern city of Lens, Artois, faced continuous frontline sector engagements.

Rifleman W Workman (226544) died of wounds 4 June 1917, aged 25. He is buried northwest of Lens at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, which in mid-1917 was used by the 7th Casualty Clearing Station. He is commemorated also on the Battalion War Memorial in St Woolos Cathedral, Newport.