WO2 Charles Henry Wood (SSM) 518 Sqn, 23 Pioneer Regiment
, Aged 34 and from Middlesbrough,
A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the clearance of a road in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.
WO2 Charles Wood, aged 34, joined the Army in August 1994 and moved to 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC, then part of the Queen's Division. His leadership abilities were recognised early and he gained rapid promotion and subsequent postings to the more prestigious and demanding jobs in his field. Operationally experienced, he completed deployments to Iraq in 2003 and Bosnia in 2007. He was posted from the Army Training Regiment Pirbright to 518 Pioneer Squadron as Sergeant Major in June 2009, and volunteered to lead his Squadron through their search training and on to their deployment to Afghanistan. A talented and successful Warrant Officer with masses of potential, he had Late Entry commissioning firmly in his sight.
Funeral held at St John the Evangelist Church, in Middlesbrough
, Aged 34 and from Middlesbrough,
A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the clearance of a road in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.
WO2 Charles Wood, aged 34, joined the Army in August 1994 and moved to 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC, then part of the Queen's Division. His leadership abilities were recognised early and he gained rapid promotion and subsequent postings to the more prestigious and demanding jobs in his field. Operationally experienced, he completed deployments to Iraq in 2003 and Bosnia in 2007. He was posted from the Army Training Regiment Pirbright to 518 Pioneer Squadron as Sergeant Major in June 2009, and volunteered to lead his Squadron through their search training and on to their deployment to Afghanistan. A talented and successful Warrant Officer with masses of potential, he had Late Entry commissioning firmly in his sight.
Funeral held at St John the Evangelist Church, in Middlesbrough
WO2 Charles Henry Wood (SSM) 518 Sqn, 23 Pioneer Regiment
, Aged 34 and from Middlesbrough,
A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the clearance of a road in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.
WO2 Charles Wood, aged 34, joined the Army in August 1994 and moved to 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC, then part of the Queen's Division. His leadership abilities were recognised early and he gained rapid promotion and subsequent postings to the more prestigious and demanding jobs in his field. Operationally experienced, he completed deployments to Iraq in 2003 and Bosnia in 2007. He was posted from the Army Training Regiment Pirbright to 518 Pioneer Squadron as Sergeant Major in June 2009, and volunteered to lead his Squadron through their search training and on to their deployment to Afghanistan. A talented and successful Warrant Officer with masses of potential, he had Late Entry commissioning firmly in his sight.
Funeral held at St John the Evangelist Church, in Middlesbrough
, Aged 34 and from Middlesbrough,
A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the clearance of a road in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.
WO2 Charles Wood, aged 34, joined the Army in August 1994 and moved to 23 Pioneer Regiment RLC, then part of the Queen's Division. His leadership abilities were recognised early and he gained rapid promotion and subsequent postings to the more prestigious and demanding jobs in his field. Operationally experienced, he completed deployments to Iraq in 2003 and Bosnia in 2007. He was posted from the Army Training Regiment Pirbright to 518 Pioneer Squadron as Sergeant Major in June 2009, and volunteered to lead his Squadron through their search training and on to their deployment to Afghanistan. A talented and successful Warrant Officer with masses of potential, he had Late Entry commissioning firmly in his sight.
Funeral held at St John the Evangelist Church, in Middlesbrough
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