5751 Private B Wood, 3rd Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment (Mil Res), serving in the Volunteer Service Company of the 1st Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment. The 1st battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Majestic about 13 Dec 1899, arriving at the Cape about the 30 Dec 1899, and were at once sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, and 1st South Lancashire Regiment, they formed the 11th Brigade under Major General Woodgate. They fought at Venter's Spruit, chiefly on 20th January, when they had 10 killed and about 100 wounded. The battalion was not on Spion Kop, but on that day they had about 10 men wounded. In the feint attack on Brakfontein on 5 Feb 1900 the battalion had 1 killed and 21 wounded. After Vaal Krantz the Lancashire Fusiliers and York and Lancaster remained at Frere and Springfield to protect the British left and rear but were brought back to the main army in time to take part in the battle of Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb 1900), the final and successful assault on the Boer position between the Tugela and Ladysmith. Pte Wood died of enteric fever (typhoid) at Elandslaagte at the end of the 2 month recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith. He is also commemorated on the York and Lancaster Regiment Boer War memorial in Weston Park Gardens, Western Bank, Sheffield, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197997) and on the York and Lancaster Regiment Boer War memorial in York Minster, Deansgate, York, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/263179/).
5751 Private B Wood, 3rd Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment (Mil Res), serving in the Volunteer Service Company of the 1st Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment. The 1st battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Majestic about 13 Dec 1899, arriving at the Cape about the 30 Dec 1899, and were at once sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd Royal Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, and 1st South Lancashire Regiment, they formed the 11th Brigade under Major General Woodgate. They fought at Venter's Spruit, chiefly on 20th January, when they had 10 killed and about 100 wounded. The battalion was not on Spion Kop, but on that day they had about 10 men wounded. In the feint attack on Brakfontein on 5 Feb 1900 the battalion had 1 killed and 21 wounded. After Vaal Krantz the Lancashire Fusiliers and York and Lancaster remained at Frere and Springfield to protect the British left and rear but were brought back to the main army in time to take part in the battle of Tugela Heights (14-27 Feb 1900), the final and successful assault on the Boer position between the Tugela and Ladysmith. Pte Wood died of enteric fever (typhoid) at Elandslaagte at the end of the 2 month recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith. He is also commemorated on the York and Lancaster Regiment Boer War memorial in Weston Park Gardens, Western Bank, Sheffield, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197997) and on the York and Lancaster Regiment Boer War memorial in York Minster, Deansgate, York, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/263179/).
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