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Military service
Service number:
769535
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
May 23, 1897
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of William Henry and Augusta Louise Wood, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Herbert George Wood
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Newspaper Clipping
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Sons of England War Memorial
Designed by Charles Adamson in bronze and granite, the Sons of England war memorial is located on University Avenue at Elm Street in Toronto. The inscription on this 1923 Memorial reads: ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF TORONTO DISTRICTS SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. -
Sons of England Benefit Society
Sons of England Benefit Society: a notice of the December 29th, 1923 dedication and unveiling at University & College Streets (original location), detail from an S.O.E. membership certificate, and detail from the base of the Toronto Memorial. -
Document
Private Herbert George Wood was one of many of the 3rd Infantry Battalion killed in the action at Regina Trench on October 8, 1916 near Courcelette, France. The 3rd Battalion lost 13 of 14 Officers during the assault that day and 396 of 481 Other Ranks. They marched back to Albert on the 9th and on October 10th the 4th Division relieved the 1st and 3rd Divisions on the Somme. Of the 72 men on the Vimy Memorial for the 3rd Battalion who were KIA on October 8, 1916 at that location (Map 57c Sector M14 Grid d.4.2), only one had attested to the 124th Infantry Battalion (from the Governor Generals Body Guard). Private George Herbert Wood is the only man to meet the criteria of the remains exhumed at 57c M14 d.2.7 and buried in Plot 13 Row U Grave 9 at Ovillers Military Cemetery. -
Photo of Herbert George Wood
Herbert George Wood before shipping out at his parent's home in Toronto -
Photo of Herbert George Wood
Herbert George Wood, riding his bike at the Toronto Exhibition -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert George Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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