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Wood, Edward Askey

Date of birth:
1900 (Gloucestershire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
November 1st, 1945 (Oxford/Oxfordshire, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Oxford Botley Cemetery
Plot: B/1. Grave: 278.
Service number:
17121
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1943
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

War Diary mentions

9 July 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
Col Wood (Col Adm CA 2 Army) phoned to ask for 'Q' 8 Corps permission to put a CA Det into the cheese factory at STE CROIX GRAND TONNE to hold it in case Army wished to open a subsidiary Refugee Collecting Centre. Permission given.

5 August 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
Col Wood (Col Adm 2 Army) and Lt Col Lang (SO1 Sup) visited to discuss sup position.

24 October 1944 WO 171/304 - 8 Corps CA
-1900. SCAO and SO1 E visited (1) CA Army discussed with Col Adm (a) policy for evac 3 Div area. Similar restrictions as given by Brig Lewis (see above) (b) Retention of CRTA Camp. Col Wood to ask Netherlands authorities for extention of permission to use present camp which is destined to become a trg unit camp for Netherlands. (c) Question of putting lunatics in WEERT. Col Wood to investigate possibility of accn in institutions in Belgium (d) replacements of American MO and PH Offr by Br Offrs - already been taken up by Army (2) 524 Det and inspected bks at WEERT. Decided accn suitable for lunatics if necessary. Cooking and serving utensils required, civil authorities could continue to feed 2,500 people for 14 days. (3) 513 Det WEERT reported to be short of fats, oil, butter and no electric power. SO1 E expIained Reports reqrd by Corps HQ.

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