Soldier Details:
Surname: Wood
Initials:   F.G.
Rank:   Lance Corporal
Army No.:  P/16458
Notes:   MFP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 4/3/1917 to 30/6/1918. 18/12/1916 enlisted as a Pte. 21 Kings Royal Rifle Corps. No. 35733, age 33.10 years, occupation gas rate collector, address 14 Dunstan Road, East Dulwich, London and 9 Kerfield Crescent, Camberwell, London, 22/6/1918 suffered from gas poisoning, HA 25838, effected vision, 25/10/1918 transferred to MFP, served in Paris, 26/9/1919 to class Z reserve. Attested 11/12/1915, Army Reserve 12/12/1915 to 18/12/1916, home 19/12/1916 to 3/3/1917, BEF 4/3/1917 to 30/6/1917, Home 1/7/1917 to 19/11/1918, BEF 20/11/1918 to 27/8/1919, home 28/8/1919 to 25/9/1919. 24/2/1908 he married Florence Marian Ward, spinster at St Judes Church, Peckham, London 26/9/1919 awarded 8/- per week pension + 2/- for wife and children, disability defective vision, 20% until further notice, address: 14 Dunstan Road, East Dulwich, London. Info from Pension Index Card:- Wood, Francis, MFP, P.16458, KRRC, 35733, 25/9/1919, SFJ.4318, 11/M/211731, Stamp: Ad 4/11/1919 at 10/- from 26/9/1919 until further notice, Chelsea No. Z/Misc/3017, received 5/11/1919. Francis George Wood.