Herbert Goldstraw Wood

[Olde Crone]

is annoying me now. With a name like that it ought to be easy to find his death.

Did he die in WW1 I now wonder? He was born in 1880, he married Annie Bottomley in 1906 and I can see only two children born to them -

P (female) 1909, Bredbury, Cheshire

and
K (male) born 1916 Stockport, Cheshire.

If anyone has access to WW1 deaths, I would be very grateful for a lookup, thankyou.

OC

[Asa]

He doesn't appear with Goldstraw on Ancestry - or in the service or pension records but I'll have a look around - what parish was he born in?

[ElizabethHerts]

OC, this is the only one I could find, but it's not very helpful.

Armed Forces registration event: Death
Name: WOOD, Herbert G
Unit: Royal Engineers
Rank: Sapper
Number: 148812
Year: 1918
Volume: E.2
Page: 90
Record source: GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to1921)

[Olde Crone]

Asa, Herbert was born (registered) in Stockport, Cheshire, parents William Goldstraw Wood and Ann(ie) Green.

Elizabeth, that looks like a possibility. There aren't many Hrbert Gs anywhere.

EDIT - thankyou both.

OC

[JBee]

Couldn't see anything on the CWGC site

[ElizabethHerts]

Asa, Herbert was born (registered) in Stockport, Cheshire, parents William Goldstraw Wood and Ann(ie) Green.

Elizabeth, that looks like a possibility. There aren't many Hrbert Gs anywhere.

EDIT - thankyou both.

OC

The Aussie sun has obviously made you not quite yourself, OC!

[ElizabethHerts]

This looks like the same chap as in the record I found (NA website):

Description
Medal card of Wood, Herbert G
Corps Regiment No Rank
Royal Engineers 148812 Sapper
Date 1914-1920
Catalogue reference WO 372/22links to the Catalogue
Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War
Piece Wilson F - Zzdey S
Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

Number of image files: 1
Image Reference

Format and Version

Part Number

Size (KB)

Number of Pages

Price (£)
44891 / 7331 PDF 1.2 1 304 1 2.00

[Asa]

Elizabeth, that chap comes up as Herbert Gordon Wood born in Barnes on Ancestry UK Soldiers died in the GW. There really aren't a lot of Herbert G Woods about in the military records.

[Olde Crone]

Thankyou both again.

This man is not a direct relative so I think I must leave this alone now!

OC

[Merry]

If he ever moved from Cheshire then there are several deaths that could be him in various parts of the country.

[Olde Crone]

Thanks Merry, I just don't know if he moved or not. I've played with his extended family before (all his siblings). Most of the siblings/the siblings children are left some money in a Will, but HGW doesn't get a mention, nor do his children, which is a bit odd in the circumstances.

OC