Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Stoker First Class J. Wood, Royal Navy, who was killed in action when H.M.S. Hampshire was sunk on 5 June 1916
1914-15 Star (SS.115800 J. Wood, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115800 J. Wood. Sto.1 R.N.); Memorial Plaque (James Wood) very fine

Three: Stoker First Class W. R. Wood, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (SS.115928 W. R. Wood, Sto.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115928 W. R. Wood. Sto.1 R.N.) very fine (7) £400-£500

James Wood was born in Liverpool on 12 January 1896 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 11 June 1914. Posted to H.M.S. Hampshire on 6 February 1915, he was promoted Stoker First Class on 1 July 1915, and was killed in action when the Hampshire, conveying Field Marshal Lord Kitchener on a diplomatic mission to Russia, struck a German-mine off Orkney on 5 June 1916 and sank within 15 minutes with the loss of 737 lives. There were only 12 survivors. Wood is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

William Robert Wood was born in Liverpool on 13 May 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 22 July 1914. Posted to H.M.S. Achilles on 10 December 1914, he was promoted Stoker First Class on 1 May 1915, and remained in her for virtually the entire War. He was shore demobilised on 15 January 1920, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.

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