Private 10885 Sydney WOOD

Private 10885 Sydney Wood{gallery}Pte S Wood{/gallery}6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 17th July 1916, aged 24

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of George and Louisa Wood of Pooley Lodge, Polesworth
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Polesworth St Editha and Polesworth Pooley Hall Colliery
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Pte Wood
• NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Polesworth Pooley Hall War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1892 in Shipley, Shropshire
  
• Employed as a coal miner below ground
  
• Lived at Pooley Lodge