We remember John Wood

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Timeline

1862
birth Edinburgh, Midlothian United Kingdom Source:8634171 24th September 1862
1882
dates Age 19 Source:8633939 24th August 1882
1882
service British Army Private 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 24th August 1882 - 7th July 1886
1886
service British Army Lance Corporal 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 7th July 1886 - 7th January 1889
1887
marriage Maggie Watterson Source:8633939 7th April 1887
1888
children William W Wood Source:8633939 February 1888
1889
service British Army Corporal 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 8th January 1889 - 23rd May 1889
1889
service British Army acting Sergeant 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 23rd May 1889 - 9th November 1889
1889
service British Army Sergeant Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 9th November 1889 - 17th January 1893
1890
children Helena Wood Source:8633939 October 1890
1891
children Maggie Wood Source:8633939 September 1891
1893
service British Army Corporal 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Source:8633939 17th January 1893 - 8th May 1895
1893
children Victoria Mary Wood Source:8633939 August 1893
1895
service British Army Sergeant 825 Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion Source:8633939 8th May 1895 - 10th September 1902
1896
children John Wood Source:8633939 July 1896
1897
children Marie Wood Source:8633939 October 1897
1899
children Ellen Wood Source:8633939 October 1899
1902
children David W Wood Source:8633939 February 1902
1902
service British Army Sergeant Instructor of Musketry Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion Source:8633939 10th August 1902 - 20th December 1906
1915
enlistment Hamilton, Lanarkshire United Kingdom Source:8633939 18th January 1915
1915
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry Depot Source:8633939 19th March 1915 - 19th September 1915
1915
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry 18th Source:8633939 19th September 1915 - 1st February 1916
1916
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry 20th Battalion Source:8633939 1st February 1916 - 1st September 1916
1916
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry 79th Training Reserve Battalion Source:8633939 1st September 1916 - 6th January 1917
1917
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion Source:8633939 6th January 1917 - 14th March 1917
1917
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Seaforth Highlanders Source:8633939 14th March 1917 - 20th April 1917
1917
service British Army Company Sergeant Major Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion Source:8633939 20th April 1917 - 28th April 1917
1917
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry 1st Garrison Battalion (Reserve) Source:8633939 28th April 1917 - 26th June 1917
1917
service British Army acting Regimental Sergeant Major 25520 Lanarkshire Volunteer Regiment 2/1 Source:8633939 26th June 1917 - 1st June 1918
1918
service British Army Acting Colour Serjeant 25520 Lanarkshire Volunteer Regiment Source:8633939 1st June 1918 - 2nd October 1918
1918
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Highland Light Infantry 1st Reserve Garrison Source:8633939 2nd October 1918 - 2nd February 1919
1919
service British Army Company Sergeant Major 25520 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Garrison Battalion Source:8633939 2nd February 1919 - 16th February 1919
1926
location 1 Guthrie St, Hamilton, Lanarkshire United Kingdom their own address Source:4852356 21st April 1926
service British Army Rifleman 25520 Royal Scots Fusiliers Source:4852356
service British Army Rifleman 25520 Northumberland Fusiliers Source:4852356
1930
death Not War Related Carcinoma of the stomach. Hamilton, Lanarkshire United Kingdom Source:8633975 22nd January 1930

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names John
Initials J
Last Name Wood
Source 4852356
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
1 Guthrie St, Hamilton, Lanarkshire United Kingdom their own address known 21st April 1926
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 25520 Royal Scots Fusiliers Rifleman
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry 18th Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry 20th Battalion Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry 79th Training Reserve Battalion Company Sergeant Major
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers 10th Battalion Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry 1st Garrison Battalion (Reserve) Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Lanarkshire Volunteer Regiment 2/1 acting Regimental Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Lanarkshire Volunteer Regiment Acting Colour Serjeant
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry 1st Reserve Garrison Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Seaforth Highlanders Company Sergeant Major
British Army 25520 Northumberland Fusiliers Rifleman
British Army 25520 Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Garrison Battalion Company Sergeant Major
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Private
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Lance Corporal
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Corporal
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion acting Sergeant
British Army Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Sergeant
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 1st Battalion Corporal
British Army 825 Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion Sergeant
British Army Highland Light Infantry 3rd Battalion Sergeant Instructor of Musketry
British Army 25520 Highland Light Infantry Depot Company Sergeant Major
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
William W Wood son February 1888
Helena Wood daughter October 1890
Maggie Wood daughter September 1891
Victoria Mary Wood daughter August 1893
John Wood son July 1896
Marie Wood daughter October 1897
Ellen Wood daughter October 1899
David W Wood son February 1902
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
John Wood father
Johanna McCall mother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Maggie Watterson wife 7th April 1887
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Fresh Blue Brown
DateHeightSource
1906-12-23 5'7"

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British Army WW1 Pension Records,1914-1920 [databaase on-line] Ancestry.com Alison86663
Scotland, Statutory Death Certificate for John Wood, 1930, Hamilton Alison86663
Scotland, Statutory Birth Certificate for John Wood, 1862, Cannongate, Edinburgh Alison86663

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John Wood, 7 April 1919 Alison86663
Military funeral of John Wood, Hamilton, 1930 Alison86663

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