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William Henry Wood

William Henry Wood

Posted: 16 May 2015 9:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 May 2015 1:35PM GMT
Surnames: Wood
William Henry Wood born 15.02.1848 to William Wood and Sarah Law at 23 Trenchard Street Bristol. I have old photographs of William Henry in naval uniform , but I am unable to find any records related to service in the navy/merchant navy. Please can anyone advise.

Re: William Henry Wood

Posted: 17 May 2015 3:11AM GMT
Classification: Query
Posting the picture, as a jpg picture format message attachment, if you can, might be useful.

The full date of birth and the place of birth, appear in the indexes to Royal Navy service records, and in the actual service record.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-perso...

Re: William Henry Wood

Posted: 21 May 2015 7:01AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: WOOD
Thank you for your advice. I have attached the scanned picture.
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Re: William Henry Wood

Posted: 23 May 2015 3:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 23 May 2015 3:34AM GMT
Shall we try it the right way up. ? :):) not sure why, but pics on ancestry message attachments often seem to have the wrong orientation,...perhaps it's another of ancestry's tech probs.

Anyway, he's definitely Royal Navy...
http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/faqs/custom...

The R.N. first introduced a standard uniform for ratings in 1857, so he's wearing an early design of uniform, you can see some pics of the early style of uniform from the 1880's on this link, pretty much the same as what he's wearing.
http://gbstamp.co.uk/article/a-critical-review-of-the-royal-...
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Re: William Henry Wood

Posted: 25 May 2015 10:04AM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks infosending1. Will continue the search.
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