Wood,+Gilbert

KN 18/9/43 DFC Award Riddlesden Officer's Bravery
 * Flying Officer Gilbert Wood**

Flying Officer Gilbert Wood, youngest son of Mrs J Wood and the late Mr Wood of East Riddlesden Hall, eighley, has received the DFC. He enlisted in 1941 and was commissioned last year, and has taken part in raids over Berlin, Kiel, Hamburg, the Ruhr and the Skoda Works.

The citation states: //This officer posesses a fine fighting spirit and outstanding courage. Whatever the opposition he has always completed his duties as bomb aimer with the greatest accuracy and skill. His fine steady record and high example have been most meritorious.//

Wood enlisted in British Guiana in 1941, and in the same year was drafted to England, and he gained his commission in August, 1942. He is an observer. Flying Officer Wood was an accountant surveyor in British Guiana for six years, and previous to that worked at Leeds Provincial Building Society. He is 32, and single. He was born in Riddlesden, and attended Riddlesden National school and Bingley Grammar School.