Harrogate Herald  -  2nd May 1917

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Mrs Alban Wood, 27 South Beech Avenue, Starbeck, has received official notice from the War Office that her eldest son, Private R Wood (Northumberland Fusiliers) has been wounded in France in the big advance on April 10th by severe gun shot wound in the right groin. Before joining the Army he was employed as a Harrogate Station carriage cleaner. It is the second time he has been wounded. The last time it was shrapnel behind the right shoulder, July 30th, 1916. Mrs Wood has another son in France, and she had a son who died in France two years ago.

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Private R Wood, Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of Mrs A Wood, 27 South Beech Avenue, Starbeck, was wounded in the right groin on April 10th. It is the second time he has been wounded.