Alexander Wood

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772386
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
September 29th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Bucquoy Road Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - IV.B.39.
Commemorated at: 
Macclesfield Town Hall War memorial
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Cheshire
Birth city: 
Macclesfield
Address at enlistment: 
120 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
120 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Employer: 
Schultz Brothers and Co.
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
31

Letters and documents

Cause and Place of Death: Died of Wounds. No. 30 Casualty Clearing Station

BX October 8, 1918

Mrs. E. Pankhurst, 120 Pearl Street, today received official notice that her brother, Private Alexander Wood, infantry had died of wounds in 30th Casualty Clearing Station on Sept. 29. He enlisted in the 125th going from the Brants in the first draft for France. He was an employee of Schultz Bros. and Co. He had been wounded previously in the fighting for Vimy Ridge.

BX April 21, 1917

The Brantford casualty list continues to grow. This morning a number of others in addition to those listed yesterday were reported.

Private Alexander Wood was this morning reported to be in No. 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, with gunshot wounds in the right shoulder. The word was received by his sister, Mrs. E. Pankhurst, 120 Pearl Street. He was a former employee of Schultz Bros. and Company, Limited, and a single man, who left with the 1st Brant Battalion.