Completed Horace Albert Wood

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Private 17070 Horace Albert Wood
1893 - 11/4/1916 (23)

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Dob abt 1893
Horace Albert Wood
Registration Date1893
Quarter of the Year Apr-May-Jun
Registration Place Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Volume 6c Page 44

Baptism 12/4/1893
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 788
Baptism date12 Apr 1893
Person forename Horace Albert
Person sex M
Father forename Thomas
Mother forename Elizabeth
Father surname WOOD
Person abode 24 Railway Street
Father occupation Labourer

Parents
Thomas James Wood abt 1857 -1930
Elizabeth Adey abt 1859 - 1952

Parents Marriage
28/8/1881 Holy Trinity West Bromwich
Record Type Marriage
Register entry number 497
Marriage date 28 Aug 1881
Groom forename Thomas
Groom surname WOOD
Groom age 24
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Spring maker
Groom abodeWest Bromwich
Bride forename Elizabeth
Bride surname ADEY
Bride age 22
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode West Bromwich
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname WOOD
Groom father occupation Butcher
Bride father forename James
Bride father surname ADEY
Bride father occupation Cement maker
Witness 1 William Albert GREENLAND
Witness 2 Sarah GREENLAND
Notes Groom's father deceased
Religion Anglican
Page number 249

1901 Back of 12 Horseley Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Thomas Wood (44, Painter in Iron Works, born Wolverhampton), his wife Elizabeth (42, born West Bromwich), and their 6 children: Thomas James (18, Blacksmith's Striker, born Tipton), William Edward (13, born Tipton), Walter John (12, born Tipton), Harold (9, born Tipton), Horace Albert (8, born Tipton), and Samuel Arthur (6, born Tipton).

1911 12a Horseley Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Thomas Wood (54, Bridge or Girder Painter, born Wolverhampton), his wife Elizabeth (52, born West Bromwich), and 3 of their 5 surviving children of 10: Harold (19, Plater's Helper, born Tipton), Horace (18, Plater's Helper, born Tipton), and Samuel Arthur (16, House Painter, born Tipton).

WW1 Records
Killed in Action on Tuesday, 11th April 1916, age 23.
Commemorated on Panel 20 of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
7th Bn., Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 61st Brigade of 20th Division.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wood, of 12A, Horseley Rd., Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton,
Enlisted: Birmingham, 14/12/1914
Resident: Tipton.

Dod 11/4/1916 (23) KIA

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/911772/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207 ... orace-wood

Commemorated
Commemorated on Panel 20 of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial.

Any other info
Horace's brother, Walter John Wood, was killed in action on 1st July 1917 serving with the Coldstream Guards. William was likley to have been killed about 1000 yards south-west of Boezinge - it is likely that Horace was killed about 1 mile south east of Boezinge some 15 months earlier.

Tipton Herald probably April/May 1916
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR A TIPTON SOLDIER.
Private Horace Wood, of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, whose death has been officially reported, was killed in action on April 11th. He was 23 years of age, and enlisted on December 1st 1914. He leaves a widowed mother and two brothers, both of whom are now serving in France. Their home is still at 12a, Horseley Road, Tipton, where only the widowed mother is left to mourn her loss. The deceased soldier was working at Messrs. Braithwaite's Bridge and Girder Works, Great Bridge, at the time of his enlistment.

A memorial service in honour of the dead hero was held on Sunday evening last in the pretty Wesleyan Church, Dudley Port, at which church he was a member and old scholar of the Sunday school. He had always been highly respected by the members and friends, and as one entered the church on this occasion, it was fully apparent that the members were mourning the loss of someone who had been loved. The pulpit and communion tables were fully draped in black, with the Union Jack in front of the pulpit. The floral decorations surrounding the rostrum spoke of the love and esteem of his old friends bestowing their last tribute to his memory.

As the time drew near of the service to commence the church was nearly filled with mourners and friends. The preacher was Mr. W. Morgan, of Burnt Tree. The musical arrangements were carried out most creditably by the conductor (MR. G. Westwood) and organist (Mr. R. Parkes).

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Horace's brother also killed in action

Private 14295 Walter John Wood
1889 - 1/7/1917 (28)
Dob 1889 Dudley

Baptism 3/4/1889
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Martin
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 2370
Baptism date 03 Apr 1889
Person forename Walter John
Person sex M
Father forename Thomas
Mother forename Elizabeth
Father surname WOOD
Person abode Railway St, Horseley Heath
Father occupation Labourer

Parents
Thomas James Wood abt 1857 -1930
Elizabeth Adey abt 1859 - 1952

Parents Marriage
28/8/1881 Holy Trinity West Bromwich
Record Type Marriage
Register entry number 497
Marriage date 28 Aug 1881
Groom forename Thomas
Groom surname WOOD
Groom age 24
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Spring maker
Groom abodeWest Bromwich
Bride forename Elizabeth
Bride surname ADEY
Bride age 22
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode West Bromwich
Groom father forename William
Groom father surname WOOD
Groom father occupation Butcher
Bride father forename James
Bride father surname ADEY
Bride father occupation Cement maker
Witness 1 William Albert GREENLAND
Witness 2 Sarah GREENLAND
Notes Groom's father deceased
Religion Anglican
Page number 249

1901 12 back of Horseley Road, Tipton, Staffs.
Thomas Wood (44, Painter, born Wolverhampton), his wife Elizabeth (42, born West Bromwich), and their 6 children: Thomas James (18, Blacksmith's Striker, born Tipton), William Edward (13, born Tipton), Walter John (12, born Tipton), Harold (9, born Tipton), Horace Albert (8, born Tipton), and Samuel Arthur (6, born Tipton).

Marriage 21/6/1908 St Mark Tipton
Walter Wood and Mary Alice Atkin registered June quarter 1908 in Dudley.

Freereg
Staffordshire Ocker Hill
Church name St Mark
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 141
Marriage date 21 Jun 1908
Groom forename Walter John
Groom surname WOOD
Groom age 20
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Stoker
Groom abode 12 Horseley Rd Tipton
Bride forename Mary Alice
Bride surname ATKIN
Bride age 22
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode 9 Church St.
Groom father forename Thomas
Groom father surname WOOD
Groom father occupation Painter
Bride father forenameWilliam EdwardBride father surname ATKIN
Bride father occupation Painter
Witness 1 Harold WOOD
Witness 2 Alice Maria GILL
Notes Additional Witness: Fanny Whicks

1911 13 Ballfields, Tipton, Staffs.
Walter John Wood (22, Foundry Cupola Attendant, born Tipton), his wife Mary Alice (25, born America), and their only child: Doris Vera (1, born Tipton on 3rd April 1909).
A further child, Mary Alice, was born on 30th June 1914.

WW1 Records
Killed in Action on Sunday, 1st July 1917, age 28.
Buried in Grave VI. B. 15. at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
4th Bn., Coldstream Guards. Pioneer Battalion of Guards Division.
Husband of Mary Alice Wood, New Buildings, Keeling Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Birmingham, Resident: Tipton.

Dod 1/7/1917 (28) KIA

Burial
Buried in Grave VI. B. 15. at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/101486/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/564 ... -john-wood

Commemorated
Commemorated on the Tipton Library, and Salem Chapel memorials.

Any other info
Birmingham Daily Post 28th July 1917
RANK AND FILE: MIDLANDS MEN.
The following casualties amongst warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men are reported under various dates:
KILLED
Coldstream Guards, Wood, 14295, W.J., (Tipton).

Walter’s brother, Horace Albert Wood, was killed in action on 11th April 1916 serving with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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