The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E L Wood

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"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK

AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"

Private Ernest Langford WOOD, G/19179, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, 7th April 1917. age 21.

Born Ashford, Kent, son of James Benjamin & Laura Wood, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent.

1911 Census - 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent -  James Benjamin Wood, head, age 47, married, buildeer, employer, born Norwood Street, Ashford, Kent; Laura Wood, wife, age 47, married 20 years, 5 children, 4 sill alive, born Kennington, Kent; Frank Cecil Wood, son, age 17, single, plumber, born Ashford, Kent; Ernest Langford Wood, son, age 15, single, student, born Ashford, Kent; Laura Ellen Jessie Wood, daughter, age 13, scholar, born Ashford, Kent; Edith Joan Wood, daughter, age 5, scholar, born Ashford, Kent.

Enlisted Ashford, Kent, age 18 years & 9 months, height 5ft 9 inches. Resided 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent. Formerly printer working for Messrs Headley Brothers.

Home 10th February 1914 to 3rd January 1917; BEF 4th January 1917 to 7th April 1917.

10th February 1914, enlisted & posted 21st Kent Cyclist Battalion, Service No.885; 14th September 1915, posted 42nd Provisional Battalion; 4th October 1915, posted 9th Provisional Cycle Company; 5th May 1916, posted 3/1 Kent Cyclist Battalion; 27th May 1916, posted 2/1 Kent Cyclist Battalion; 3rd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 4th January 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th January 1917, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 25th January 1917, 41 DRS, flat feet; 28th January 1917, to Duty; 9th February 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field. 

27th September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, James Benjamin Wood, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent; Mother, Laura Wood, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent; Brothers - Frank Cecil Wood, age 26, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent; Sisters - Laura Ellen Jessie Wood, age 22, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent; Edith Joan Wood, age 13, 21 Tufton Street, Ashford, Kent.

Buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Plot 1, Row AA. Grave 55., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium