Name
(poss s) William James Wood
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1915
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
14214
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LOOS MEMORIAL
Panel 41.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Hertford Town Memorial
Christchurch Plaque, now in Holy Trinity Church, Bengeo
Pre War
Born on 6th May 1888 in Hertford and baptised on 15th Jul 1888 in St Andrew’s Church, Hertford son of Joseph Francis and Elizabeth Wood.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Hertford and after training went to France, joining the battalion at the end of April 1915. On the 16th May they took part in the Battle of Festubert, from 11th May until 19th the battalion suffered almost 400 casualties. The following month they fought at Givency. They were in trenches at Festubert again before moving to Bellerive training for the next big attack, which was the battle of Loos. This began for the battalion on 25th September, and during the next week they suffered over 45 men killed, one of them being William.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Terry & Glenis Collins
