Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Ernest WOOD
Private 33093 Ernest WOOD of 13th Bn., Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds Sunday 29th October 1916, No.1 Australian General Hospital, France , age 21
| Of: | 16 Queen Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Betsy Wood and Joseph Wood of 12 Burkett Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Weaver, Ashton Bros. |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, O. I. K. 5. |
| Link with Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Notes:
Suffered an injury to the left leg which led to its amputation. He died a few hours after the amputation took place.
The official news of his death came on Sunday. Private Wood was, so his father stated, born on a Sunday, wounded on a sunday, and died on a Sunday.
Hyde Reporter, November 11th 1916, Page 3, Column 3.