Charles Stanley's Story.
Birkenhead News 09 May 1917
Mr. A. Wood, of No. 3, Borough Road, Birkenhead, has been the recipient of intelligence, that his son, Private Charles Stanley Wood has been killed in action. Educated at St. Paul’s School, young Wood was employed afterwards at Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co’s. works until he joined the forces soon after the outbreak of war, and the information his father has received is that Private Wood was killed in Egypt on March 26th last. The deceased was married, and leaves at 57, Cathcart Street, Birkenhead, a wife and one child to mourn his death.
Remembrance birthday messages appeared in the Birkenhead News, Saturday, September 29, 1917.
Wood. In loving Birthday remembrance of my dear husband Private Charles Stanley Wood, killed in action 26 March 1917.
Friends may think that I forget him,
When at times I’m apt to smile.
Little do they know the sorrow,
Neath the surface all the while.
Wife and Child, 57 Cathcart Street, Birkenhead.
Wood. In loving Birthday remembrance of Private Charles Stanley Wood, who was killed in Egypt 26th March 1917.
God has taken one we loved,
Borne away from pain and sorrow to a nobler rest above.
Someday, sometime, our eyes will see.
That dear face kept in memory.
But a harder part has yet to come,
When the heroes do return,
And amongst the cheering crowd
We miss the ones we loved so well.
From Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers, also Brother Tom, in Egypt and Sam in France.
Charles Stanley's death also appears in de-Ruvigny's Roll of Honour.
