Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Ernest WOOD
Private 33093 Ernest WOOD
13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds, Sunday 29th October 1916, No.1 Australian General Hospital, France, age 21
| Home address: | 16 Queen Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1895, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Betsy Wood and Joseph Wood 12 Burkett Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Weaver, Ashton Bros. |
| Enlisted: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France, block O, plot I, row K, grave 5. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Suffered an injury to the left leg which led to its amputation. He died a few hours after the amputation took place.
From the Hyde Reporter, 11th November 1916, page 3, column 3:
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.