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Surname:Wood
Initials:W
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/7287
Notes:MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. 15/12/1914 he enlisted as a Pte in the Manchester Regiment, 70 Training Reserve Battalion, No. TR/3/28519, age 19.10 years, occupation driller, born Manchester, address: 9 Adalaid Street, Bradford, Manchester. 24/2/1917 transferred to MFP, served with APM 4 (Southport) Area, Western Command, 11/8/1917 transferred to the Norfolk Regiment, No. 12363, 13/9/1917 transferred to transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, 21/2/1918 transferred to the Royal Engineers, Inland Waterways and Docks, No. 332230, 20/8/1918 transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment No. 41120, 9/11/1918 entered 14 Field Ambulance with shell contusion to left eye, 10/11/1918 entered 3 Casualty Clearing Station abrasion to left eye, 22/2/1919 to class Z Reserve. Served Home 15/12/1914 to 9/10/1918, BEF 10/10/1918 to 25/11/1918, Home 26/11/1918 to 22/2/1919 to Z reserve. Only details on medal card are Royal West Kent Regiment, No. G/41120 no mention of previous service. 25/4/1919 he applied for a pension for GSW to left eye which was rejected.Info from Pension Index Card: 112746, Wood, William, Cpl, R W Kent's, 2/ W Kent/414. 41120, 123637, 7287, 18519, 33902, Trans. 22/2/1919, Recd. 30/4/1919, Rejected.William Wood.