1919

"Too much blood had been spilt... The gaps in every home were too wide and empty... There still remained the satisfactions of safety assured, of peace restored, of honour preserved, of the comforts of fruitful industry, of the home-coming of the soldiers; but these were in the background; and with them all there mingled the ache for those who would never come home."

-- Winston Churchill, "The World Crisis: The Aftermath".

The Wood brothers by 1919.

(Work is still in progress on some of these biographies)

1. Louis Wood

2. Joe Wood

3. Fred Wood

Royal Fleet Reservist, served as a stoker on H.M.S.Hogue. Killed on 22 September 1914, aged thirty-two, when the Hogue was torpedoed off the Dutch North Sea coast. Body never recovered - commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

Royal Naval Vounteer Reserve. Served as an Leading Seaman in the Nelson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. Killed near Poelcapelle (Belgium) on 3 November 1917, aged thirty-four, during the Second Battle of Passchendaele. Body never recovered - commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

Served as a Private in the 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed near Le Sars (France) on 7 October 1916, aged twenty-five, during the Battle of the Somme. Body never recovered - commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

4. Harry Wood

??Royal Naval Vounteer Reserve. Served as an Able Seaman in the Anson Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. Killed in Gallipoli (Turkey) on 4 June 1915, aged eighteen, during the Third Battle of Krithia. Body never recovered - commemorated on the Helles Memorial??

5. Percy Wood

Enlisted aged sixteen, and served in the 46th (South Saskatchewan) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Killed near La Coulotte (France) on 5 May 1917, aged seventeen, in consolidation operations after the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Body never recovered - commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.

6. Bill Wood

??Served in the Royal Navy. Wounded, but survived the war. Died before 1939, from the effects of his wartime injuries.??

7. Arthur Wood

Served at sea with the Royal Marines, and fought at the Battle of Jutland. Wounded, but survived the war. Settled in Woolwich, South London, where he raised two daughters and a son (who was a pilot in WW2). Worked for the General Post Office. Died about 1960.

8. Alf Wood

Served in the British Army, with the Coldstream Guards. Seriously wounded, but survived the war. Emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Married, with no children. Died after 1939.

9. John Wood

10. Burt Wood

11. Charlie Wood

Served as a Private in the 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Lost his hearing due to a shrapnel wound to the head on 9 July 1916, during an attack on Observatory Ridge, Ypres (Belgium). Discharged from the CEF due to deafness. Returned to Edmonton, married and raised four children. Died 24 May 1969, aged seventy-six.

Served as a Corporal in Lord Strathcona's Horse (Canadian Cavalry). Found medically unfit for service at the front, discharged to Canada. Returned to Edmonton, married and raised a daughter. Retired to Rich Valley, Alberta. Died after 1975.

Enlisted aged fourteen, and served as a Trooper in Lord Strathcona's Horse (Canadian Cavalry). Found to be underage, and discharged after almost three years' service, in October 1917. Settled in Madison Heights, Michigan, where he worked in the construction industry and ran a painting business. Served as a union official, and in local government. Married, and raised two daughters. Died September 1988, aged eighty-seven.

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