BORN STILLINGTON, DURHAM, 1884. SON OF RICHARD WOOD & HENRIETTA MILNER, AT THE CWGC ADDRESS. A STAGE CARPENTER. ENLISTED IN HULL. CORPORAL IN THE 9TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. LEFT FOR THE DARDENELLES, ON 11/07/1915. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 22/08/1915, AGED 31.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, RICHARD. HE LEFT SISTER, ELIZABETH, COLIN WOOD, WHO SERVED WITH THE CANADIANS AND STEPHEN REGINALD WOOD, WHO SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBRIAN BRIGADE..
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATHEWS CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL.
| Name | William Wood |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Stillington, Yorks |
| Death Date | 22 Aug 1915 |
| Death Place | Gallipoli |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Regiment | Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment |
| Battalion | 9th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 10999 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Balkan Theatre |
First name:
WILLIAM MILNER
Military Number:
10999
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
22/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
31
5, GRAFTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
