Pair: Private W. B. Wood, Cheshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 May 1915
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3949 Pte. W. Wood, Cheshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3949 Pte. W. Wood. Cheshire Regt.)
Condition edge bruise to first, good very fine
William Brown Wood was born in Stockport, Cheshire, in 1879 and attested there for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, on 5 October 1898. He was embodied for service on 20 February 1900, and served in South Africa during the Boer War, being discharged on 5 October 1904.
Following the outbreak of the Great War, Wood re-enlisted in the Cheshire Regiment, and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 May 1915. He was killed in action at Ypres three weeks later, on 24 May 1915; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
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