Frederick Wood

A Private, Frederick died on 19th of March 1916 at the age of 41.

Frederick was born at Battersea, London, in 1875, a son of Henry and Emma Wood. In 1881 his family lived at 23 Culvert Road, Battersea. By 1891 his family were living at Melboure Road, Lowestoft, and Frederick was an oilman’s assistant. 

On 1 July 1896 Frederick married Eva Gertrude Brown at Saint Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft. Frederick was a painter living at 42 Cambridge Road, Lowestoft, and Eva lived at 193 High Street, Lowestoft. In 1901 they lived at 63 Cambridge Road, Lowestoft, and Frederick was a house painter. In 1911 they were still lived at 63 Cambridge Road and Frederick was a self-employed house painter. Later Eva lived at 6 Osbourne Street, Lowestoft.  

Frederick volunteered and enlisted in the Army at Lowestoft. He joined the Suffolk Regiment. He arrived in France on 3 August 1915 to join the 2nd Battalion. 

On 19 March 1916 the 2nd Battalion were in trenches at The Bluff, near Poperinghe, Belgium. The Battalion War Diary states that a position known as Camp A was shelled, several men wounded and Frederick killed.

Two of Frederick’s sons served in the Army during World War One: Henry, who served with The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) from 1914 to 1917; and Frederick who served with the 1st Suffolk Battery Royal Field Artillery.