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Lance Corporal W Wood

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Lance Corporal Wilfre(i)d WOOD, G/18226, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 23rd August 1918, age 21.

Born Rochdale, Lancashire, son of William and Mary Ellen Wood, of 12, Medley Street, Rochdale, Lancashire.

1911 Census - 139 Whitworth Road, Rochdate, Lancashire - William Wood, head, age 58, married, cabinet maker, worker, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire; Mary Ellen Wood, wife, age 54, married 6 years, 3 children, all still alive, born Rochdale, Lancashire; Fankr Taylor Wood, son, age 23, single, drapers assistant, worker, born Rochdale, Lancashire; Wilfred Wood, son, age 13, school, born Rochdale, Lancashire; Margaret Yates, boarder, age 65, age 65, born Littleborough, Lancashire.

Enlisted Rochdale, Lancashire, age 18 years & 5 months, height 5ft 5¼ inches. Resided 12, Medley Street, Rochdale, Lancashire. Formerly clerk.

Home 9th December 1915 to 28th August 1916; BEF 29th August 1916 to 23rd August 1918.

9th December 1915, enlisted; 10th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 5th May 1916, Bury, age 18 years & 9 months, height 5ft 5¼ inches, weight 116llbs.; 10th May 1916, mobilized; 11th May 1916, posted 29th (Reserve), Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No. PS,10989; 28th August 1916, embarked; 29th August 1916, disembarked & posted 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 10th September 1916, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot, transferred from 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 31sat December 1916, 54 Field Ambulance, PUO to 1 SA General Hospital; 11th January 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 20th February 1917, proceeded to 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd August 1917, wounded; 3rd August 1917, 3 Canadian, Casualty Clearing Station, gun shot wound, thigh; 4th August 1917, Etaples, 7 Canadian General Hospital, shrapnel wound, thigh; 24th August 1917, 6 Convalescent Depot; 17th October 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 24th October 1917, Etaples, 24 General Hospital, old gun shot wound, left buttock, 17th November 1917,  6 Convalescent Depot; 10th February 1918, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 24th February 1918, joined Unit in the Field; 5th March 1918 to 18th March 1918, granted leave to UK; 20th July 1918, appointed paid Lance Corporal.

17th March 1919, date when Separation Allowance of 7/4 a week payable to mother will cease.

20th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, William Wood, 12, Medley Street, Rochdale; Mother, Mary E Wood, 12, Medley Street, Rochdale; Brothers - Harry Wood, age 39, 6 Bradford Street, Rochdade; Frank Wood, age 31, 12, Medley Street, Rochdale.

Buried at Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, II. B. 16, Somme, France.