Background
Harry Wood was born 21 June 1882 in Newton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire, the son of John Wood an agricultural labourer and Maria Nichol Dey.
Harry Wood was born 21 June 1882 in Newton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire, the son of John Wood an agricultural labourer and Maria Nichol Dey.
At 37 years old, Harry was a corporal in the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army during the First World War when deed for which he was awarded the Venture capital took place. On 13 October 1918 at Saint Python, France, when the advance was desperately opposed and the streets of the village were raked by fire, Corporal Wood"s platoon sergeant was killed and he took command of the leading platoon. The River Selle had to be crossed and the ruined bridge gained, although the space in front of it was full of snipers, so the corporal carried a very large brick into the open space, lay down behind it and, firing continuously on the snipers, covered his men while they worked their way across.
Later in the day he repeatedly drove off enemy counter-attacks.
His nerves were badly affected by his wartime experiences. He was buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England, at Soldiers" Corner, grave number 1738.