Albert Wood 12th Service Batt

[jimbo52]

Hi and thanks for letting me on the forum.I'm trying to find information on my great uncle Albert Wood. B.1899 from Glossop . He joined up in 8/12/1914 into the 6th Cheshire's( service No 3373 he was discharged on 1/10 191 as under age. he later joined the 12th service batt. manchester reg. the local news paper states on 7/6/18 he was a prisoner and wounded on the 16/8/18 the Germans had amputated his leg. He was repatriated on 6/12/18 with 18 other soldiers from Glossop. I would like to find out any information I can about the action, POW camp, and anything else. thank you for your help

[mack]

hiya jimbo
the papers are wrong mate,heres what I have

60448 albert wood,wounded and captured 21-3-18,he was taken to cambrai and then to hospital at mons,he was repatriated on 7-9-1918 and sent to the 1st London general hospital at Camberwell
he was in A.coy,12th manchesters
resided 12 milltown,glossop

mack

[charlie]

Hello Jimbo,
Welcome to the forum.
Mack is right. He was also held at the PoW camp in Soltau, he was registered there on the 6th May 1918. He had suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg. For the day your Great Uncle was captured, the Battalion War Diary states that there were between 15 and 20 Other Rank casualties.

Charlie

[jimbo52]

Mack Charlie thanks to you both. I know the papers tell lies but that was all I had. I did look through the site and found info under the pow section and it does show him captured on 21/3/18 and another saying he was in London gen hosp  Camberwell 7/9/18, so he was then home on 6/12/18 from London. It took me a while to translate the info from German to English but I now have more info on him. I know he lost a leg as my cousin knew him well.
How do I access the war diaries? I do not live in Glossop anymore and it would take me 3 hrs to travel.
Thanks again

[charlie]

The War Diary can be downloaded from the National Archives for a small fee

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352944

They are also available on Ancestry and Find My Past.

Charlie