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Oct 24, 1882
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Born
in Lancashire, England to James and Elizabeth Wood (nee Waterworth)
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Nov 10, 1914
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Attested into the 21st
Battalion in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 60095
(temporary number 700)
Ø Next of kin given
as his mother Mrs. E. Wood, Yorkshire, England
Ø Previous
occupation given as Weaver
Ø Previous
military experience 6 years with the Lancashire Regiment
Ø Religion
given as Baptist
Ø Posted
to “E” Company
o This
was later reorganized into “C” Company
The 21st Battalion trained
in the Kingston, Ontario area through the winter of 1914-15.
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS Metagama in
Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Devonport,
England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling Camp, near Hythe,
Kent to continue training
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Jun
6, 1915
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Sentenced
to 10 days detention and forfeits 6 days pay for being absent from May 28 to
June 2
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Jul
13, 1915
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Sentenced
to 28 days detention and forfeits 5 days pay for being absent from July 7 to
July 11
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St. Seiriol in
Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in Boulogne,
France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Jul 3, 1916
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Sentenced to 28 days Field
Punishment No. 1 for being absent from July 1 to July 3
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Jul
14, 1916
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Attached
to the 1st Canadian Tunneling Company for duty
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Dec
18, 1916
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Ceases
to be attached to the 1st Canadian Tunneling Co. on return to the
21st Battalion
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Jun
6, 1917
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Granted
10 days leave
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Jun
14, 1917
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Granted
permission to marry Mary Maria Waterworth
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Jun
21, 1917
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Returned
to duty from leave
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Aug
1, 1917
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Attached
to the Maroc Town Major as his Batman
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Feb
18, 1918
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Rejoined
from attachment to Town Major
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Feb
26, 1918
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Granted
14 days leave
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Mar
16, 1918
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Next
of kin changed to read Mrs. W. Wood, 59 Rainhall Road, Barnoldswick,
Yorkshire, England
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Mar
18, 1918
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Rejoined
from leave
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Apr
8, 1918
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Sentenced
to 7 days Field Punishment No. 1 for when on escort duty in Paris not
complying with an order
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Aug
26, 1918
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During
fierce fighting south of Arras, France, Private Wood received a shrapnel
wound to his left arm and was evacuated to the No. 5 CFA (Canadian Field
Ambulance) for first aid before being transported to the No. 42 CCS (Casualty
Clearing Station) where he was assessed and then transferred to the No. 7
Canadian General Hospital in Etaples
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Aug
29, 1918
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Invalided
to England aboard the Hospital Ship Ville de Liege
On
arrival in England he was admitted to the Horton County of London War
Hospital in Epsom
Transferred
to the E.O.R.D. (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in
hospital
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Oct
10, 1918
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Discharged
from Hospital as healed and transferred to the Military Convalescent Hospital
in Epsom
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Oct
21, 1918
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Discharged
from hospital – healed and on command to the 1st Canadian
Convalescent Depot, Whitley
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Dec
18, 1918
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Transferred to the 6th
Reserve Battalion in Seaford
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Dec
27, 1918
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On
command Military District No. 12, Kinmel Park pending dispatch to Canada
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Jan
18, 1919
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Embarked
from Liverpool on the H.M.T Aquitania
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Jan
24, 1919
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Disembarked
Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Regina, Saskatchewan and posted to the
Military District No. 12 Casualty Company in Regina
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Jan
31, 1919
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Granted
leave until February 13, 1919
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Feb
19, 1919
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Discharged
from the CEF on de-mobilization in Regina, Saskatchewan
Ø Rank
on discharge Private
Ø War
Service Badge Class “A” issued number 67726
Ø Proposed
residence on discharge Crooked River, Saskatchewan
Ø Entitled
to wear 1 gold wound stripe and 4 blue chevrons
Following his discharge, the
1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at
Crooked River, Saskatchewan
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Nov
22, 1949
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Passed
away from Leukemia while a patient in the Saskatoon Veterans Hospital and was
buried in the Bjorkdale Cemetery, Bjorkdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
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