Arthur James Wood (1895-1915)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- WOOD, ARTHUR JAMES. Lance Corporal. No 11122. 'Y' Company, 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born 12 Sunset Terrace, Birkby, Huddersfield 5.3.1895. Son of Emily Wood, 4 Blacker Road, Birkby, Huddersfield. Educated Hillhouse Board School. Employed as a clerk by Messrs J. Hopkinsons, of Birkby. Single. Enlisted September 1914. Went to the Dardenelles in July, 1915. Killed in action in the assault on Lala Baba, Suvla, Gallipoli, on 11.8.1915, aged 20 years. Has no known grave. Commemorated HELLES MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
- His mother received a letter from Corporal J Uttley who lived at 35 Netheroyd Hill Road, Cowcliffe, Huddersfield, and wrote, 'It is with deep regret that I write these few lines to tell you of your son's death. No doubt before you receive this letter you will have seen his name in the Roll of Honour but being his chum and sharing the trials of soldiering for 12 months together I thought it my duty to write you a short letter giving you an account of his death. On August 11th he went off with a small party after some snipers who were giving us a lot of trouble. They had located them near a house and they went out but failed to find them on three sides. On coming to the rear they were immediately fired upon, your son being killed immediately. At some future date, God willing, we may come across his grave which like every soldier's will bear his name on a small wooden cross and I am sure I and all his pals will see it suitably looked after while they are about the place where he is buried. Hoping that this letter will be a little consolation and also the knowledge that he died fighting for his King and Country.'
- ROH:- St. John's Church, Birkby; Fartown and Birkby War Memorial.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Lance Corporal ARTHUR JAMES WOOD
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Wednesday, August 11, 1915
- age: 20 years
- record ID: 684789
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #684789)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #4846115)