Horace Wood
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 9640. Private. 3 Yorkshire R. (Regiment). Gasworker and Reservist Went to France in Oct. Reported Nov.17. Parcel & card returned owning to being supposed to be in W. Yorkshire R. Jan. 14. Mar. 1. Wounded in head at Neuve Chapelle Mar.10 Promoted to L-Corporal (Lance Corporal) . Home. May. June 16 at W.Hartlepool . Dec. Discharged.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/14)
External sources: 79 Circular Road