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{{CommRN}} '''Percy Frank Pilkington Wood''', (4 February, 1894 &ndash; 18 August, 1939) served in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
The son of Percy Wood, Esq., gentleman.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

Wood's first ship was {{UK-Temeraire}}, in which he served from January 1912 until 15 December, 1914 whenhe was appointed to the {{UK-1Sparrowhawk|f=t}} of the {{UK-DF|4}}.  He would serve in her through the [[Battle of Jutland]], where he survived her loss in confused close range night combat.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

Wood was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 September, 1916, which was later adjusted to 15 June, 1916.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

Wood was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 June, 1924.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

Wood was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1930.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

{{UK-Bideford|f=p}} was placed under Wood's command on 16 October 1931 for trials.  Upon their completion, he commissioned the sloop for service.  Due at Aden on 6 January, 1932, he was to proceed to Muscat to relieve the {{UK-Hastings|f=t}}, exchanging ships with her commander, [[Donal Scott McGrath|D. S. McGrath]].  Wood took ''Hastings'' to Malta to join the Mediterranean Fleet for service in the Red Sea Division, there replacing and taking command of {{UK-Dahlia}}, which Wood was to bring back home.
{{ToL|Sloops on Foreign Service|6 Jan. 1932, p. 6}}

In March 1937, Wood was reported to be sick on shore and was diagnosed with asthma.  His Service Record is largely filled with medical reports from here on, and it is amazing that he received a drumbeat of seagoing command appointments in 1938.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

==World War II==
Despite his naval career being in full flower on the cusp of a war, his health was in serious jeopardy.  A telegram dated 27 April 1939 from Royal Naval Hospital, Chatham reported Wood dangerously ill with heart disease.  He died on 18 August.<ref>Wood Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/186.}} f. 188.</ref>

==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Percy+Frank+Pilkington+Wood Service Records]
* [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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==Bibliography==
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==Footnotes==
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