BORN 1896. SON OF GEORGE AND MARY JANE WOOD, OF 14 PARAGON PLACE, SYKES STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 2 JARVIS SQUARE, CHARLOTTE STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS (GEORGE EMIGRATED TO MIAMI, USA, AND WALTER EMIGRATED TO ALBERTA, CANADA) AND TWO SISTERS, BERTHA AND EMILY. A CLERK. HE ENLISTED INTO THE HULL COMMERCIALS, ON 01/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, & 130 LBS WEIGHT, ARTIFICIAL DENTURES (9 TEETH) . DURING TRAINING IN RIPON, HE WAS CHARGED FOR BEING LATE FOR PARADE SIX TIMES, AND FOR IRREGULAR BEHAVIOUR IN THE BARRACK ROOM (DISCHARGING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ON 23/01/1916 HE WAS TRIED BY FIELD COURT MARTIAL FOR STEALING PUBLIC GOODS AND SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS FIELD PUNISHMENT NO:1. HE SERVED IN EGYPT AND FRANCE WITH THE 10TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. WOUNDED IN THE BACK, IN ACTION, ON 25/06/1916. PROMOTED TO LANCE CORPORAL, ON 07/10/1916, CORPORAL, ON 17/12/1916 AND LANCE SERGEANT, ON 28/03/1917. HE WAS KILLED AT OPPY WOOD ON 03/05/1917, AGED 27. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 245 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER GEORGE. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HE LEFT GEORGE, MARY & JANE.
HE IS LISTED TOGETHER WITH HAROLD DAWSON, IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL.
Dawson, Ernest Wood
First name:
ERNEST WOOD
Military Number:
33878
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
27