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Private G W Wood

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Private George Walker  WOOD, G/20145, 1st Battalion  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (spine), secondary ascending chronic meningitis, Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, 16th November 1918, age 25.

1st August 1893, born Golcar, Yorkshire, son of Joseph & Frances Wood, of 50, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

1911 Census - 66 Green Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire - Joseph Wood, head, age 43, married, kettler, card room, woollen, worker, born Wellhouse, Golcar, Yorkshire; Frances Wood, wife, age 42, married 16 years, 4 children, 3 still alive, born Hill Top, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire; George Wood, son, age 17, single, piecener, woollen, worker, born Crimble, Golcar, Yorkshire; Gladys Wood, daughter, age 14, twister, woollen, worker, born Crimble, Golcar, Yorkshire; Frank G Wood, son, age 12, born Wellhouse, Golcar, Yorkshire.

5th September 1914, St John the Evangelist, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, George Walker Wood, age 21, bachelor, Piecer, Golcar, father, Joseph Wood, Teazer, married Sarah Pearson, age 21, spinster, Golcar. (Father, no entry)

Children - Joseph Edward Wood; Thelma Wood.

Enlisted Huddersfield, Yorkshire, age 23 years & 250 days, height 5ft 7¼, Resided 52, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Formerly teazer.

5th September 1914, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, married Sarah Pearson.

Children - Joseph Edward Wood, born 25th February 1915; * Thelman Wood, bor 21sy July 1916, died 25th January 1918 June, age 2, Huddersfield Registration District.

Home 24th June 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 1st September 1918; Home 2nd September 1918 to 16th November 1918.

24th June 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 14th April 1917, Called up for Service; 16th April 1917, Chichester, joined No.3 Depot; 19th April 1917, posted 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Service No. 33752; 25th August 1917, transferred to 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No. G/59310; 26th August 1917, Aldershot, absent off pass when warned for draft for Overseas, from 11.00pm 26th August 1917 to 11.20pm 27th August 1917, 3 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 2 days pay; 12th October 1917, embarked; 13th October 1917, "J" Infantry Base Depot, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 39 Infantry Base Depot; 14th October 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th October 1917, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field; 26th October 1917, wounded in action; 27th October 1917, 24 General Hospital, gun shot wound, right leg; 13th November 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 21st November 1917, rejoined Battalion, "B" Company; 12th December 1917, with Battalion to Italy; 1st April 1918, returned to France with Battalion, "B" Company; 29th May 1918, wounded at Duty; 29th July 1918, wounded in action; 29 June 1918, 13 Field Ambulance, shrapnel wound back leg; 9th August 1918, Calais, 30 General Hospital; 31st August 1918, transferred to UK per Ambulance Train, ex 1 Australian General Hospital Rouen, shrapnel wound, right thigh.

4th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Sarah Wood, 52, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Children - Joseph Edward Wood, born 25th February 1915, 52, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Father, Joseph Wood, 50, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Mother, Frances Wood,  50, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Brothers - Frank Gilbert Wood, age 21, 50, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; Sisters - Gladys Butterfield, age 24, 50, Upper Wellhouse, Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

1920 June, Huddersfield Registration District, Sarah Wood, married James Bamforth  "East View," 6, Nabb's Lane, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire.

Buried  at Wellhouse Methodist Chapelyard, A. 32., Golcar, Yorkshire.