| 词条 | Wilfred Wood |
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|name=Wilfred Wood |birth_date=2 February 1897 |death_date= 3 January 1982 (aged 84) |birth_place= Stockport, Cheshire |death_place= Stockport |placeofburial= |image= Victoria Cross Medal without Bar.png |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{UK}} |serviceyears=1916–1918 |rank=Private |branch= British Army |commands= |unit=The Northumberland Fusiliers |battles= Battle of Vittorio Veneto (World War I) |awards= Victoria Cross |laterwork=Locomotive driver }} Wilfred Wood VC (2 February 1897 – 3 January 1982) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The VC was awarded for action on the Italian front against Austro-Hungarian forces in the First World War. DetailsHe was 21 years old, and a private in the 10th Battalion, The Northumberland Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place at the battle of Vittorio Veneto for which he was awarded the VC.
After the war, he returned to his pre-war job on the railways, first as a Fireman, then as an engine driver. He retired in 1960 as a supervisor.[2] A LNWR Claughton Class locomotive was named after him in 1922. When this type was withdrawn from service, a London, Midland and Scottish Railway Patriot Class steam locomotive was named after him,[3] from which the nameplate resided inside Norbury Primary School in Hazel Grove until it was donated to the Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland. The JD Wetherspoon pub in Hazel Grove is named after him. See also
References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31034 |supp=y |page=14040 |date=26 November 1918 }} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.lms-patriot.org.uk/locomotives-named-after-victoria-cross-recipients | title=Locomotives named after Victoria Cross Recipients | publisher=The LMS-Patriot Company Ltd. | work=The LMS Patriot Project | accessdate=24 October 2014}} 3. ^{{cite book| last = Rowledge| first = John W P| title = LMS Engines: names, numbers, types & classes| year = 1989| publisher = Redwood Burn| location = Trowbridge, Wiltshire| isbn = 0-7153-9381-2| page = 59}} External links
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