World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Robert William Wood
Forename(s):
Robert William
Surname:
Wood
Initial(s):
R W
Service Number:
R/17374
Rank:
Rifleman
Regiment:
King's Royal Rifle Corps, 11th (Service) Battalion attached to the regiment's 10th (Service) Battalion
Died:
04/09/1916
Aged:
22
Buried:
La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie
Service History:
Enlisted at Alnwick, Northumberland.
Died of wounds received, at Number 22 Casualty Clearing Station, France.
N.B. 'Soldiers DiedÂ…' records the date of death as 5 September.
Background:
Born about 1894 at Alnmouth, Northumberland, the eldest son of William (born about 1861, at Lesbury, Northumberland; a Joiner by trade) & Eleanor (born about 1863, at Alnmouth) Wood, of 8, Wagon Way Road, Alnwick.
Wood had three brothers, all born at Alnmouth - Leslie Victor (13); William Tweedy (11); & John Edward (8).
Pre-enlistment occupation: Railway Clerk.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Private William Tweedy Wood (Regimental service #59351; Prince of Wales's Own [West Yorkshire Regiment], 2nd Battalion; Died 24 April 1918).
Local Memorial:
Alnwick War Memorial
Alnmouth War Memorial