Private Albert Edward Wood

Army Number : 4031

Battalion : 2/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Son of William and Emma Wood, of 12, Grove Street, New Balderton, Nottinghamshire. He lived at 2, Woodbine Terrace, New Balderton. He was a carter prior to enlistment 31st May 1915 at Newark, Nottinghamshire. He died 17th May 1916, age 18, at 8:30pm from wounds received in his left thigh when taking part in the action around the nurses home at the South Dublin Union during the Irish rebellion.

Buried/Commemorated : Balderton (St. Giles) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Row P. Grave 18.

Private Wood is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. Giles Church War Memorial, Balderton, Nottinghamshire.