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.