Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Treeton C.S., Yorks, West Riding
Service number
Unknown
WW1 rank
Second Lieutenant
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment)
Theatre of war
France, Europe
Date of death
26/27 September 1917
Buried/memorial
Tyne Cot Memorial, (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 99-102 and 162-162A)
Biography
Second Lieutenant Joseph Wood was the son of Levi and Alice Wood. He attended Borough Road College for 2 years, and whilst at the college captained the Harriers 1911-1912 as well as competing in an inter-college sport day in 1912. He is listed as being destined for Treeton C.S., Yorkshire, West Riding. Wood enlisted into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and was later commissioned into the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment). He was killed on 27 September 1917, possibly during the 3rd Battle of Ypres, aged 26.
Sources
Entry on p.87 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, 1911-12 Club Officers Photo [BRCCO 005], BRCSYG033, 1913 Annual reports, Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission)