Lt. Charles Carroll Wood

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Lieutenant Charles Carroll Wood was the youngest of eleven children of John Taylor Wood, a Captain in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He was the great grandson of Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States. His oldest brother, Zachary Taylor Wood CMG (1860-1915) was acting Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory of Canada. His nephew Stuart Taylor Wood later served as Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

After graduating from high school, he went to Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. His student # was 352. He graduated from RMC in 1896.

He then joined the army. He served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He died on 11 Nov 1899 of wounds suffered in action during the South Africa Anglo Boer War. He was the first Canadian Officer to fall in battle during the Boer War. He is commemorated on the Royal Military College Memorial Arch.

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• Reference: http://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Charles-Carroll-Wood/p377839 Charles Carroll Wood is listed in R. Whitney Tucker's "The Descendants of the Presidents", Delmar Printing Company, Charlotte, N.C.,(1975), Chapter XII. Zachary Taylor, page 104, Fourth generation, Descendant XII-26 (Charles Carroll Wood, born 1876, Lieutenant in the British Army in the Boer War; Killed at Kimberly, 1899.)

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Captain Charles Carroll Wood, DSO CD

• Born: March 1876
• Died 11 November 1899, Belmont, South Africa
• Allegiance Canada
• Service/branch, Canadian Army
• Years of service,1892-1899
• Rank: Lieutenant
• Unit: 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
• Battles/wars: Anglo-Boer War
• Awards:DSO CD Charles Carroll Wood DSO CD (b. c.1874-d. 1899) was a Canadian army officer, a lieutenant who was notable as the first Canadian to die in the Second Boer War in South Africa. He is the namesake of the Chaswood, Nova Scotia.[1]

Early life and education

Charles Carroll Wood was the youngest of eleven children of Captain John Taylor Wood and his wife. A former US Navy officer, John Wood had sympathized with his grandmother's southern family. After the American Civil War began, he resigned his commission and became a Captain in the Confederate Navy. He was the great-grandson of Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (1849-1850). Wood's family were based in Bedford, England for a number of years and Wood was educated at the Bedford Modern School in England (1886-89).[2] He then enrolled at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.[3] His student number at RMC Kingston was 352 and he graduated in 1896.

Military career

Wood joined the army and served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He died on 11 Nov 1899 of wounds suffered in action during the South Africa Anglo Boer War. He was the first Canadian Officer to fall in battle during the Boer War. He is commemorated on the RMC Memorial Arch.

Royal Military College memorial

Relatives

His oldest brother, Zachary Taylor Wood CMG (1860–1915) was acting Commissioner of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory of Canada. His nephew Stuart Taylor Wood later served as Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

• References

1. ^ John Bell. Confederate Seadog: John Taylor Wood in War and Exile, McFarland Publishers. 2002. p. 59
2. ^ "Roll of Honour - Bedfordshire - Bedford Modern School Memorials". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
3. ^ "Roll of Honour - Bedfordshire - Bedford Modern School Memorials". roll-of-honour.com. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

External links

Biography of Zachary Taylor Wood at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Categories: 1899 deathsZachary Taylor family1876 birthsCanadian military personnel of the Second Boer WarBritish military personnel killed in the Second Boer WarRoyal Military College of Canada alumniPeople educated at Bedford Modern School

He was the youngest son of J Taylor Wood, who served as a confederate Captain in the American Civil War, and was a grandson of General R C Wood, US Army, and a great grandson of General Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Kingston. He joined the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in Sep 1896. Promoted Lieutenant May 1899. Was serving with his battalion in South Africa on the outbreak of the war. He was then sent to Orange River with the Mounted Infantry. He died of wounds received in his first action during the reconnaissance made by Colonel Gough, 9th Lancers, at Belmont on 10 Nov 1899. He was buried in the military cemetery at Orange River Station. His remains were later reinterred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. He is also commemorated on the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Boer War memorial in Avenham Park, Ribblesdale Road, Preston, Lancashire, England

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• Rank: Lieutenant
• Force: South Africa Field Force
• Regiment: Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
• Battalion: 1st Battalion

First Canadian killed during the 2nd Boer War.

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