Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1906 and the college archive states 'Herbert Wood entered Worcester College in 1906 and graduated in 1909 with honours in Modern History. After graduation he became a school master teaching history and Latin. He married Constance Webb in July 1915 and three days later joined the Army as a cadet in the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps. Herbert Wood received a commission in the 20th London Regiment in November 1915 and was sent to France in the spring of 1916. He was severely wounded at the Battle of the Somme in September 1916 and after a lengthy stay in hospital was confined to Home Service for 1917. He returned to France in July 1918 and was acting as the intelligence officer of his battalion at the time of his death. Lieutenant Herbert Wood was killed in action at St Pierre Vaast Wood on 1 September 1918.'