Percy Wood (c.1890-1916)
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, PERCY. Lance Corporal. No 9/12654. 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Great Northern Street, Huddersfield. Educated Thomas Street Council School. Employed as a tailor's presser by Messrs Bairstow and Sons and Company Limited. Husband of Mary Wood, 8 School Lane, Paddock, Huddersfield. Enlisted at the outbreak of the war. Suffered serious head wounds on 2.3.1916. Admitted to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died of wounds on 3.3.1916. He was 25 years of age. Buried LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY. Grave location:- Plot 4, Row D, Grave 46.
- ROH:- All Saints Church, Paddock.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Lance Corporal WOOD
- regiment: Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
- died: Friday, March 3, 1916
- record ID: 150636