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Serjeant JOSEPH WOOD

Service Number: 6268
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1915

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. E. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info (Served as EDWARDS). Husband of Elizabeth Ann Wood, of 24, Densmore St., Failsworth, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS STRANGE BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

HAZEBROUCK COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 963
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