Walter WOOD

Main CPGW Record

Surname: WOOD

Forename(s): Walter

Place of Birth: Blackburn, Lancashire

Service No: 40477

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Norfolk Regiment

Battalion / Unit: 7th (Service) Battalion

Division: 12th (Eastern) Division

Age: 31

Date of Death: 1917-07-16

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: IV. O. 47.

CWGC Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Walter Wood was the son of James and Elizabeth Wood (née -). James was born at Eagley, Bolton and Elizabeth at Bacup, Lancashire.

1891 Blackburn, Lancashire Census: 119, Hancock Street - Walter Wood, aged 4 years, born Blackburn, son of James and Sarah Eliz. Wood.

1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 4, Hill Street - Walter Wood, aged 14 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of James and Elizabeth Wood.

1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 40, Wellington Street - Walter Wood, aged 24 years, born Blackburn, Lancashire, son of James and Elizabeth Wood.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Walter Wood, 9/22652, Linc. R.; 40477, Norf. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Walter Wood, 9/22652, 1 Linc. R.; 40477, 7 Norf. R.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Walter Wood, 40477, 7th Bn Norfolk Regt. Date and Place of Death: 16.7.17. No. 19 C.C.S. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - James. £21 1s. 6d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Walter.

A short biography of Walter is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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