BORN HULL, 29/10/1875. SON OF WILLIAM WOOD (1849-1905) AND PRISCILLA MEDD (1854-1928). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE MARRIED AT HESSLE, ON 25/11/1899. HUSBAND OF SARAH JANE BONTOFT, OF 1 SOUTHPLACE, HESSLE (ARMY ADDRESS) AND BLACKSMITH COTTAGE, SOUTHGATE, HESSLE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD FOUR SONS AND A DAUGHTER. WORKED FOR HENRY SCARR LTD. A DRILLING MACHINIST, FOR HAVEN SHIPYARD, HESSLE. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 4 INCHES TALL, 118 LBS WEIGHT, 35-37 INCH CHEST, BLUE EYES, GREY HAIR, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION, VERY GOOD CHARACTER.
SERVED 7 YEARS IN THE 2ND EYR. TIME EXPIRED. ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 12/11/1914. SERVED IN THE 2/4TH EYR, ROYAL DEFENCE CORPS (OBSERVATION COMPANY) AND TRANSFERRED TO THE LABOUR CORPS. DISCHARGED ON 06/02/1920, AGED 45, WITH FLAT FEET THROUGH ROUTE MARCHING (30% DISABILITY). DIED 25/03/1968, AT HULL.
HIS BROTHER, LANCE CORPORAL, HERBERT SURCLIFF WOOD (1877-1915), 3/7229, 2ND EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 04/05/1915, IN FRANCE, AGED 38.
HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ROBERT WOOD (1889-1918), 33463, 10TH EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 13/04/1918, AGED 28.
THEIR NAMES ARE IS LISTED ON THE ANLABY WW1 MEMORIAL, ST PETER’S CHURCHYARD, WILSON STREET, ANLABY, WITH F. WOOD.
