Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Ernest WOOD
Corporal 5083 Ernest WOOD of 63rd Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), (Formerly 19169 Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Killed in Action Sunday 19th November 1916, France & Flanders, age 22
| Of: | 36 Brook Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1894, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Elizabeth Ellen Wood and Fred Wood of 13 Lumn Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Fitter |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered on: | Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, and a Memorial Grave in Hyde Cemetery, |
| Link with Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
Notes:
From the Manchester Evening News, 8th December 1916, page 2, column 5:
He was a well known Hyde footballer, and joined in 1914.
From the Hyde Reporter, 9th December 1916, page 5, column 2:
He was raised by his sister from the age of five.
Commonwealth War Grave says died aged 23, when he was actually aged 22.