Memorial

Corporal W M Wood

Wood family gravestone

Source: Gilmour Strang

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Current Location

Hawkhead Cemetery, Hawkhead Road, Paisley, Renfrew, PA2 7BA, Scotland

NS 49995 63271

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 90958
Description: Addition to upright, grey granite, family gravestone on a two step base. The lower being of rough granite. The top is shouldered and there is a cross in relief in the centre of the face. The lettering is raised lead.
Inscription: Erected/by/JAMES & MARY WOOD/IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR SON/WILLIAM MCAULAY [Wood] /CORP. TANK CORPS/KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES/JULY 29TH 1917/AGED 33/INTERRED VOORMEZEELE MILITARY/CEMETERY THERE/THE ABOVE JAMES WOOD/DIED 28TH MARCH 1946/AGED 86 YEARS

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, date of death, place of death, age, place of burial

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good