Born Anlaby 1889. Enlisted Beverley. Son of Robert Wood, of 28, Salisbury Street, Hessle (address as per Hull Daily Mail); Husband of Edith Annie Wood, of Swinegate, North Church Side, Hessle, Yorks. He worked as a Hairdresser in Hessle.
Hull Pals Memorial Post. PRIVATE ROBERT WOOD 33463. Served No:3 Platoon, “A” Company, 10th Eastt Yorkshire Regiment.
Born 1889, the sixth of nine children, to Robert and Annie Wood. Robert was a Hairdresser and Tobacconist by trade and at the time of the 1911 Census lived with his sister at 46 Edward Street, Hessle. He married Edith Annie Wood of Swinegate, North Church Side, Hessle at some point though I can find no record of when and the couple appear to have had no children. Robert was killed in action on 13th April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive and his body was never recovered. His name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial; he was 29 years old. His name is listed on the Hessle War Memorial. and the All saints parish Church inside. His death was reported in the Hull Daily Mail, on 05/07/1919. *
