Basic Details
Surname
Wood
Forenames
J
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
James
War
First World War (1914-1918)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a footballer, who played for Portsmouth Rovers AFC and enlisted in November 1915. He was wounded in 1916 and hospitalised in Cardiff: he presumably recovered from this wound as he died presumably from another wound in 1918, is also commemorated on IWM 2224 and on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
British Army
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
The Lancashire Fusiliers
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Private
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1918
Month of death
January
Day of death
20
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds