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Lieutenant ALAN SALISBURY WOOD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/7th Bn. attd. 2nd/9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. H. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Arthur and Mary Wood, of The Shaws, Matlock. Native of Burton-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription A GREAT HEARTED SON, CHEERFULLY FOR GOD AND HOME HE FOUGHT AND WON.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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