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Pte. John Alfred Wood
British Army Depot Army Cyclist Corps
from:Middlesbrough
(d.2nd July 1918)
John Alfred Wood, Private 213, enlisted at Stockton-on-Tees and served in the Army Cyclist Corps with previous service as Private 8467, Durham Light Infantry. He died age 23 on the 2nd July 1918 and is buried in Stockton-on-Tees (Durham Road) Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.John was born in Jarrow 1895, son of Matthew and the late Mary Ann Wood nee McNaulty of Jarrow. He was married to Ada Fay (formerly Wood nee Jones) of 33 Bridge Street West Middlesbrough. In the 1911 census the family are boarders at 48 Haywood Street Middlesbrough with Martin(42)widower, a steel smelter with Dorman Long, Ethel(17) single, a servant, May(14) at home and Agnes (11) at school. John(15) is a labourer at Fox Heads and Matthew is 9 years old.
There is no indication of where he served or in which unit of the Army Cyclist Corps. His Army Record shows him as living at Stockton-on Tees and his death was at Home.
His service record has survived and confirms the following details.
- Enlisted DLI on 7th December 1912.
- Transferred to ACC on the 5th December 1914.
- Postings
- Larkhill 10th Dec 1915
- Le Havre 11th Dec 1915 7th Division
- XV Cyclist Corps Battalion 11th May 1916
- X Cyclist Corps Battalion 12th April 1917
- V Cyclist Corps Battalion 21st December 1917
- Depot ACC from 9th March 1918
- Died in hospital on 2nd July 1918 from disease.
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