Military service
Service number:
818210
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
June 5, 1897
Stanley, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
April 27, 1916
West Saint John, New Brunswick
Death:
November 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Josiah and Annie Wood, of South Devon, New Brunswick.
Digital gallery of Private Lee Wood
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Group Photo
Lee Wood (standing backrow left) with friend Roy J. Merrill (seated left) of Maple Grove, New Brunswick. Photographer: M. Dudkin, 26, West St. Studios, Brighton, England. Lee Wood died in the Battle of Passchendale during the advance of November 6, 1917. His friend, Roy Merrill, said that they were crossing the muddy battlefield while under fire and he saw Lee go down in an explosion. After the attack, he returned to the site to try to find Lee, but his body could not be found. It is said that Lee Wood always carried with him on the battlefield a picture of his little sister Doris (born 1910). -
War Memorial
Stanley War Memorial, Stanley, New Brunswick. Lee Wood is the 17th. name on this view -
Attestation Papers
Lee Wood's Attestation Papers (part 1) -
Attestation Papers
Lee Wood's Attestation Papers (part 2) -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private Lee Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Lee Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Lee Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Lee Wood
Digital gallery of
Private Lee Wood
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 352 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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