George Harold Ventome Wood

In memoriam

First Name: George Harold Ventome Initials: G H V Surname: Wood DOB: Circa 1920 Age: 21 Birth Town: South West London Resided Town: South West London Nationality: British Date of Death: 27/04/1941 Information: SON OF C. H. V. WOOD AND ROSE ANNE WOOD, OF VICTORIA, LONDON. Rank: Signalman Service Number: 2579108 Service: British Army Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals Battalion: 1st Armoured Brigade Signals (2nd Armoured Divisional Signals) Commemorated: Greece Place of Death: Middle East One of four men of a signal detachment who were killed in action at sea on 27 April 1941 when the Dutch troopship D.S.S. Slamat and the destroyers H.M.S. Diamond and H.M.S. Wryneck were sunk in air attacks east of the Peloponnese in the evacuation during the Battle of Greece The others from this detachment who were killed were Lance Corporal E. G. Jones and Signalmen F. L. Richards and L W Jackson. Thirty-one Royal Signals all ranks from several units were lost

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