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Record #23169
Name :
: John Thomas WOOD (1895 - 1915)
  aka : Private Wood


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 22 Mar 1895

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 23 Apr 1915   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium, Langemarck
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 5 Apr 1904
Country
: United States of America

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private John Thomas Wood.

John Thomas Wood sailed from Liverpool, England aboard the Southwark, and arrived in Mar 1904 in Portland, Maine care of Barnardo Homes at the age of 14 years. His brother Fred traveled with him, but the two were separated upon arrival.

John Thomas Wood was born in Birmingham, England on 22 Mar 1895. His Next of Kin was listed as his Mother, Mrs. M Wood of Tampey Lakes, Wellington, England. His occupation was a Buffer. 5'6" in height with blue eyes and light brown hair, he had a tattoo of a heart with laurels and 'good luck' on his right forearm. He had three vaccination marks on his left arm. Religion was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers states he was killed in the area of Langemarck, West Flanders, Belgium. He is buried at Ypres Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial states John was the son of Thomas and Jane Wood, of "The Ash Beds," Withington, Hereford, England.

Find A Grave Memorial# 20735106 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-10-08 10:25:47 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-10-08 10:27:01 /

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3592 ASTLEY, May1899ENG, WAR, Birmingham Mar 1911 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
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2881 AUSTIN, James1879ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1894 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
17314 BAGGOTT, Harold Cecil1893ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
17316 BAGGOTT, Horace Edgar1895ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1902 : Colonian CAN Barnardos  
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