Chailey
Parish Magazine notes in October 1914 that Harry Wood is serving his King and
Country and, twelve months later, notes that he is a private soldier with the 2nd
King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in England . The following month it reports that he is now
a lance-corporal and serving with the 1st KOYLI in France . By the following April it reports that he is
in Salonika .
Harry
Wood appears to have served throughout the war, his name appearing for the last
time in the magazine’s final roll call published in July 1919.
In
October 1914 the 1st KOYLI was en route from Singapore and did not arrive at Southampton until 9th November. On 16th January 1915 the battalion landed at Havre as part of
the 83rd Brigade in 28th Division. It
sailed from Marseilles
for Salonika on 26th October 1915 , arriving there on 7th December 1915 . On
20th June1918 it left the 28th Division for France and was
attached to the 151st Brigade in the 50th Division from 16th July 1918 .
Harry's brothers Charles and George also served their King and Country during
the First World War. Like Harry, Charles
Wood also served with The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and was killed in
action whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion in October 1914. It seems likely that both Harry and Charles
were regular soldiers before the outbreak of war (although the KOYLI number
listed above would not appear to be that of a pre-war regular soldier) and
their brother George was also a career serviceman having joined the Royal Navy
in 1904.
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