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Surname: WOOD
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Dalehead (Slaidburn), Yorkshire
Service No: 26928
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
Division: ---
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1916-02-17
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Near North-West Corner.
CWGC Cemetery: AUSTWICK CHURCH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: AUSTWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Wood was the son of Mary Frankland Wood (born Deane, Lancashire c. 1865) the daughter of Stephen and Mary Wood, née Frankland. Stephen was born at Clapham and Mary at Bolton by Bowland, Yorkshire. Joseph’s mother married James Johnson in 1895 and in 1903 married Henry Philip Pettiford. She died in 1909.
1901 Bentham, Yorkshire Census: Fairfield House - Joseph Wood, aged 6 years, born Slaidburn, Yorkshire, son of Mary F. Johnson, widow.
1911 Draughton, Yorkshire Census: East Berwick - Joseph Wood, aged 16 years, born Easington, Yorkshire. [Joseph was employed by his uncle, Thomas Wood, Farmer.]
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Wood, 26928, 3rd Bn Yorks Regt. Date and Place of Death: 17.2.16 West Hartlepool. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Uncle [and] Executor - Mark Wood. £2 11s. 4d.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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04 January 1918
ELDROTH - MEMORIAL SERVICE
A memorial service was recently held at Eldroth Church in memory of the four youths who have paid the supreme sacrifice. The preacher was the vicar, the Rev. A. S. Sutcliffe, who preached a very touching and impressive service, naming Private Joseph Wood, of Bridge End, Eldroth, who died whilst in training at Salisbury Plain; Private Richard Titterington, of the Canadians, who was killed in action last February, the eldest son of Mr. R Titterington, late of Acrill Hall, and now in Canada, and grandson of Mr. R. Titterington, of Bludsgarth; Private Hector Capstick, killed in action in August last; Private William Wallbank, died of wounds a few weeks ago, the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Wallbank, of Chapman Bank. There was a nice gathering of parishioners in spite of the stormy weather.
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