Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (Capt. C. A. Wood. I.M.S.) edge bruise and minor abrasions to obverse field, very fine £200-£240

M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.

M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 25 August 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916.

Charles Albert Wood was born on 16 May 1886 and trained at Guy’s Hospital, London. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service on 28 January 1911, and was promoted Captain on 28 January 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front, was Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Military Cross and a Second Award Bar. Post-War, he saw further service in Kurdistan, was promoted Major on 28 July 1922, and Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 July 1930.

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