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Frank Wood was born in Beverley the 7 Nov 1891, the son of Wallis and Alice Wood. Wallis was a Sergeant in the Beverley Borough Police, he married Alice Jane Holland in Beverley in 1887. The family were living on Hull Bridge Road in 1891 but later moved to various addresses on Norwood. Frank attended Norwood Infants School until 1905 and he then became a farm labourer and in 1911 he was employed on the Bryam Farm, Etton. He was unmarried.
Frank served as a private in “D” Company of the 17th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers. A battalion raised in Hull in Sep 1914 by the North Eastern Railway Company and was classified as a Pioneer Battalion in Jan 1915. The Beverley Guardian of 8 Feb 1919 noted that Frank had over four years active service, his army number 17/480 suggests he was one of the original recruits in the 17th Battalion. The 17th were in 32nd Division and embarked for France in Nov 1915, they spent the next six months on the Somme in the vicinity of Albert. Frank was injured during the war, he was awarded the War and Victory medals.
Frank does not appear to have returned to Beverley and he does not feature in the 1939 Register or on the electoral roll. He is commemorated on the Norwood Street Shrine, Beverley with his two brothers who also served.
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