Private, No. M/340172, 1017th Coy. Motor Transport, Army Service Corps, only Son of the Late Arthur Wood, of Bradford, Worsted Spinner, by his Wife Annie, Daughter of Tom Speight, J.P. ;
Born: Bradford Moor, Co York, 18th Dec 1889;
Education: Trinity College, Harrogate;
Was for four years recovering his health in the Country after a nervous breakdown, having formerly working at his Uncle's Mills (Worsted Spinner), Bradford;
Enlisted in the Army Service Corps in August 1917; Served with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia from the following November, and Died at 23 Stationary Hospital, Baghdad, 25 May 1918 of dysentery, contracted while on active service. Buried in the British Cemetery there.
His commanding officer wrote: "Although your husband had only been serving with me such a short time, I was able to form a very high opinion of him and of his willingness to be of every assistance, and his Quiet disposition endeared him to us all. I assure you by his death I have lost the services of a most promising soldier, and one who, had he pulled through, would undoubtedly have made much progress in this unit."
A comrade wrote: "He was a dear boy...... I can assure you that he was much admired and liked by everyone he came in contact with, and on all sides I hear nothing but expressions of deep regret. I am sure he will be greatly missed by everyone,"
And the Matron of the Hospital: "He was such a good and patient man."
He Married at St. Paul's, Shipley, 10 June 1914, Violet Louise (Westminster Drive, Pannal, Harrogate), Daughter of W.G Sampson, and had a son, Geoffrey, Born: 22 May 1917.
Private, No. M/340172, 1017th Coy. Motor Transport, Army Service Corps, only Son of the Late Arthur Wood, of Bradford, Worsted Spinner, by his Wife Annie, Daughter of Tom Speight, J.P. ;
Born: Bradford Moor, Co York, 18th Dec 1889;
Education: Trinity College, Harrogate;
Was for four years recovering his health in the Country after a nervous breakdown, having formerly working at his Uncle's Mills (Worsted Spinner), Bradford;
Enlisted in the Army Service Corps in August 1917; Served with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia from the following November, and Died at 23 Stationary Hospital, Baghdad, 25 May 1918 of dysentery, contracted while on active service. Buried in the British Cemetery there.
His commanding officer wrote: "Although your husband had only been serving with me such a short time, I was able to form a very high opinion of him and of his willingness to be of every assistance, and his Quiet disposition endeared him to us all. I assure you by his death I have lost the services of a most promising soldier, and one who, had he pulled through, would undoubtedly have made much progress in this unit."
A comrade wrote: "He was a dear boy...... I can assure you that he was much admired and liked by everyone he came in contact with, and on all sides I hear nothing but expressions of deep regret. I am sure he will be greatly missed by everyone,"
And the Matron of the Hospital: "He was such a good and patient man."
He Married at St. Paul's, Shipley, 10 June 1914, Violet Louise (Westminster Drive, Pannal, Harrogate), Daughter of W.G Sampson, and had a son, Geoffrey, Born: 22 May 1917.
Inscription
HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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WOOD, STANLEY SPEIGHT;
Private, No. M/340172, 1017th Coy. Motor Transport, Army Service Corps, only Son of the Late Arthur Wood, of Bradford, Worsted Spinner, by his Wife Annie, Daughter of Tom Speight, J.P. ;
Born: Bradford Moor, Co York, 18th Dec 1889;
Education: Trinity College, Harrogate;
Was for four years recovering his health in the Country after a nervous breakdown, having formerly working at his Uncle's Mills (Worsted Spinner), Bradford;
Enlisted in the Army Service Corps in August 1917;
Served with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia from the following November, and Died at 23 Stationary Hospital, Bagdad, 25 May 1918 of dysentary, contracted while on active service. Buried in the British Cemetery there.
His commanding officer wrote: "Although your husband had only been serving with me such a short time, I was able to form a very high opinion of him and of his willingness to be of every assistance, and his Quiet disposition endeared him to us all. I assure you by his death I have lost the services of a most promising soldier, and one who, had he pulled through, would undoubtedly have made much progress in this unit."
A comrade wrote: "He was a dear boy...... I can assure you that he was much admired and liked by everyone he came in contact with, and on all sides I hear nothing but expressions of deep regret. I am sure he will be greatly missed by everyone,"
And the Matron of the Hospital: "He was such a good and patient man."
He Married at St. Paul's, Shipley, 10 June 1914, Violet Louise (Westminster Drive, Pannal, Harrogate), Daughter of W.G Sampson, and had a son, Geoffrey, Born: 22 May 1917.
Gravesite Details
M/340172
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