WW1 Casualty: Corporal 1383 Harold Edwin Wood - Corporal 1383 Harold Edwin Wood
Prescot Reporter 21/05/1915
| Unit/Regiment |
5th Bn, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
| Date of Death |
28/04/1915 |
Age at Death |
25 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Helles Memorial
Panel 26 to 30 |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of John and Fanny Wood, of 60, Temple Rd., Prenton, Birkenhead |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
Living at 29, Station Road, Prescot, were John Wood (40), A company secretary, his wife Fanny (39), and their children Harold (11), Lilian (9), Dorothy (5) and Marion (2). The 3 daughters had all been born in Prescot. |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth registered Q1 1890, West Derby, 8b, 562 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Liverpool |
| Enlisted |
Edinburgh |
| Resided |
Prescot, Lancs |
| How Died |
Killed In Action |
Theatre of War |
Gallipoli |
| Research Ref. No. |
P302 |
Service DetailsHarold Edwin Wood attended Prescot Grammar School, starting there in 1899. His service is commemorated on the Grammar School Roll of Honour
The 1/5th Battalion of the Royal Scots landed at Gallipoli on 26th April 1915. Amazingly, they landed ashore without any casualties and took up position in the support trenches, with one company in the firing line. They started to advance on 27th but on the 28th, the War Diary reports that they had to fall back to their original positions due to heavy casualties.
28 men of the Battalion were killed on that date, including Edwin Wood. Along with 24 of his comrades, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
A list of Prescot men reported killed which appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post on 31st May 1915
Prescot Parish Magazine of 28th July 1915 reported 'Mr. Richardson has given me a list of Grammar School Old Boys who have enlisted for the war. It contains no less than 52 names and already two of them have given their lives for their country, viz. Harold E. Wood, Corporal, 5th Royal Scots killed at the Gallipoli landing, April 1915 and Norman Beardmore, 20, Lance Corporal of the Royal Engineers at Ypres, 19th May 1915'.
Harold Wood's death reported in the Liverpool Echo, 25th May 1915
Harold's father, John, was listed as his next of kin
Harold Wood's Medal Index Card shows that he arrived in Gallipoli on 25th April 1915, entitling him to the 1914-1915 Star in addition to his British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Harold Wood's inscription on the Helles Memorial
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