Walter Bertram Wood

For other people with the same name, see Walter Wood (disambiguation).

Walter Bertram Wood
Nickname(s)Bert
Born(1898-10-25)25 October 1898
Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
Died11 November 1917(1917-11-11) (aged 19)
Romford, Essex, England
Buried
Scartho Road Cemetery, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Royal Air Force
Years of service1915–1917
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 29 Squadron RFC
No. 44 (Home Defence) Squadron RFC
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsMilitary Cross & Bar

Lieutenant Walter Bertram Wood MC* (25 October 1898 – 11 November 1917) was a British World War I flying ace credited with thirteen confirmed aerial victories.[2]

  1. ^ "Casualty Details: Wood, Walter Bertram". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  2. ^ Shores, Franks & Guest (1990), p. 389.