WOOD Fred J

  • First Name(s):
    Fred 
    J 
  • Surname:
    WOOD
  • Service Number:
    846122
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Field Artillery
  • Brigade:
    306th Brigade
  • Unit:
    A Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    7th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    27
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    White House Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Grave III. B. 8.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Harriet Wood, 2 Crown St., Barbourne, Worcester

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WOOD Fred J Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About WOOD Fred J

A photograph of Gunner F. Wood of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 1st September 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
2 Crown Street, Barbourne
Fred Wood, aged 20, glover
At the same address: James Wood (father), blacksmith, mother and 1 sister.

The 306th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) was part of the artillery support for 61st (South Midland) Division. In August 1917 the Division was engaged in the Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele). The Battle opened on the 31st July with the Battle of Pilckem Ridge. This action had come to a conclusion by the 2nd August and the 61st Division were not engaged in another major action until the 16th August when the Battle of Langemarck opened. Fred Wood was not, seemingly, a casualty of any major action on the 7th August.

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