WOOD Harold

  • First Name(s):
    Harold 
  • Surname:
    WOOD
  • Service Number:
    16523
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    6th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    25th June 1916
  • Age At Death:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave II. E. 17.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Enoch and Sarah Ann Wood, 139 Stourbridge Road, Lye, Worcestershire

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WOOD Harold Is Named On These Memorials

Halesowen C of E School
Halesowen War Memorial
Lye and Wollescote War Memorial
Lye Christ Church Window

Further Information About WOOD Harold

Harold’s younger brother, Alexander Wood, was killed in action at sea on 12th June 1944.

Harold Wood enlisted in the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and joined the 6th (Service) Battalion in the 20th (Light) Division. They moved to France in June 1915 and were in quiet locations for the rest of that year until planning for the 1916 Battle of the Somme started. They were ordered to move from Flanders to the Somme in June but just before the move south Private Harold Wood was wounded. He was taken as a casualty to Vlamertinghe west of Ypres where he died on the 25th June 1916.

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Credits: Researched by The Black Country Society.