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thank you marieceleste,
I am still trying to find out what happened to the 2 boys,the posting maddie placed says 1 daughter,at the moment on lancs bmd I cannot find a birth for a daughter to mmn Dickinson,
my family conection is with the boys.

MC - thanks for that - I'd never scrolled down & seen those docs.
My dad's cousin has another tab - concentration (his body was initially buried close to where he fell, and later, when the cemetery constructed, all such temporary burials were reburied in the main cemetery).

To decode the WW1 map ref for the initial burial, see:
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/military_chat/thread/1343383

When you're looking on CWGC don't just read the basic info as posted above, scroll down the page and look at the other info that is there. If the poor man's body was recovered for burial (as opposed to being commemorated on a memorial) then there should be headstone registers. If you're lucky then a contact name will be shown for the headstone details.

In the case of Gunner G Wood, died 12 Aug 1917, there IS a contact - it's Mrs F Wood, 6 Boundary Street, Longsight, Oldham.

So, Mrs F Wood could be Florence Dickinson.

Using http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
and http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

Marriages Sep 1910 (>99%)
Hilton Mary A Oldham 8d 1267
Hurst Sarah E Oldham 8d 1267
Pettigrew William Oldham 8d 1267
Wood Giles Oldham 8d 1267

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1910
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
WOOD Giles HURST Sarah E Oldham, St. James Oldham CE234/10/110


Births Mar 1911 (>99%)
WOOD Joseph Oldham 8d 582

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1910
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WOOD Joseph Oldham Central Oldham HURST OCEN/15/417
[So birth was 1910, but not rego'ed until the new year]


Births Jun 1913 (>99%)
Wood Thomas Hurst Oldham 8d 1377

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1913
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
WOOD Thomas Royton Oldham HURST ROY/56/490


Deaths Mar 1914 (>99%)
Wood Sarah E 23 Oldham 8d 815
Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1914

Surname Forename(s) Age Sub-District Registers At Reference
WOOD Sarah Ellen 23 Oldham East Oldham OEAS/15/8


Marriages Jun 1915 (>99%)
Dickinson Florence Wood Oldham 8d 1408
Wood Giles Dickinson Oldham 8d 1408

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1915
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
WOOD Giles DICKINSON Florence Oldham, St. Mary Oldham CE235/31/197

hello sorry for the delay in answering,just got back from crete.
thank you crystal tips,i will look through my info and confirm if it is the same one.

maddie,
yes this is my giles wood,the sarah he married was my granfathers sister,
he had 2 children with sarah before she died,not sure what happened to them yet.
not sure if he had a child from his second marriage or if this child is one of sarahs.

thank you for the info from you both it will give me something to look at and work from.

Sue,is this your Giles


Birth
1892 Jun
Royton, Oldham England, United Kingdom

Marriage to Sarah E Hurst
1910 Age: 18
St James, Oldham

Marriage
1915 Jun Age: 23
Greater Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Florence Dickinson

Death
1917 12 Aug Age: 25
Flanders
Buried at Canada Farm cemetery, about 8 kms from Ypres, Belgium.

Residence
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

Residence
Oldham

1daughter

maddie

Hi Sue,

I've just been to have a look at the newspapers on film at the local interest centre. This report was in The Oldham Weekly Chronicle on 20th October 1917.

GUNNER GILES WOOD

Gunner Giles Wood (14012) R.F.A. of Mulliner Street, Oldham, was killed in action on August 12th, when a German shell (burst?) behind a gunpit killing him and wounding two other gunners. He was 25, and enlisted at the beginning of the war. He was well known at the Woodstock (spinning?) Co.'s mill but before he enlisted worked at Oldham Gas Works. He leaves a widow and one child

thank you safc.
I will have to see if I can find a age for him to see if he is the right one,

thank you maddie,

this could be very sad,my grandfathers sister married a giles wood in Oldham 1910,
she had 2 children 1911 & 1913.she died in 1914,he re married in 1915 if it is him these poor children lost both parents in 3 years.

WOOD, G

Rank:
Gunner
Service No:
14012
Date of Death:
12/08/1917
Regiment/Service:
Royal Field Artillery

"B" Bty. 75th Bde.
Grave Reference:
II. F. 5.
Cemetery:
CANADA FARM CEMETERY


http://www.cwgc.org/

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Giles Wood
Name: Giles Wood
Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number: 14012
Other Records: Search for 'Giles Wood' in other WWI collections

awarded the Victory, British and Star medals

Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription
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First name(s) GILES
Last name WOOD
Service number 14012
Rank GUNNER
Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery
Battalion -
Birth place OLDHAM
Residence -
Enlistment place OLDHAM
Death year 1917
Death day 12
Death month 8
Cause of death Killed in action
Death place France & Flanders
Theatre of war Western European Theatre
Supplementary Notes -
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection First World War
Collections from Great Britain

Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010

could some kind person with access to the ww1 deaths look to see what info is there for,

giles wood.
soldier number 14012.
royal horse & field artillery ( gunner ).
born and lived in Royton,oldham, Lancashire.

born 1892 & died 1917

thanks sue