Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Frank Derwent Wood
• Occupation: Artist / Sculptor
• _UID: EAB663F490A1455FA30082215E6DA0A9263D
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, 284 Kings Road, Chelsea, , Middlesex, England
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1911, 284 Kings Road, Chelsea, , Middlesex, England; Artist Sculptor

Notes:

More information about the artist can be found here:

http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_(1871-1926)_sculptor


Sculptor R.A., born in Keswick, Cumberland, in England's Lake District. He studied in Germany and returned to London in 1887 to work under Edouard Lanteri and Sir Thomas Brock; he taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 through to 1905 and was professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art from 1918 through to 1923. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1920. He produced a good deal of architectural sculpture typical of the time, including four large roof figures for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, the British Linen Bank also in Glasgow, and the Britannic House in London for architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Freestanding sculptures by him may also be seen in various galleries, such as his 1907 Atalanta (Manchester Art Gallery, with a bronze cast of it now in Chelsea Embankment Gardens. When he was too old (at 41) to enlist in the Army at the onset of World War I, Wood volunteered in the hospital wards and his exposure to the gruesome injuries inflicted by the new war's weapons eventually led him to open a special clinic: the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, located in the Third London General Hospital, Wandsworth. Instead of the rubber masks used conventionally, Wood constructed masks of thin metal, sculpted to match the portraits of the men in their pre-war normality, as did Mrs. Anna Coleman Ladd, of Pennsylvania, at a similar Paris clinic.

Birth:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

First name(s) Francis Derwent
Last name Wood
Birth quarter 4
Birth year 1871
Mother's maiden name Maw
District Cockermouth
County Cumberland
Country England
Volume 10B
Page 479
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Births
Collections from United Kingdom, England
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Census:
WOOD, Francis Derwent Head Married M 38 1873 Artist Sculptor Keswick Cumberland VIEW
WOOD, Florence Mary Wife Married
8 years F 35 1876 Queensland Australia VIEW
GARLICK, Rosa Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Croydon Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
377 Reference:
RG14PN377 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN20

Registration District:
Chelsea Sub District:
Chelsea North Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Chelsea

Address:
284 Kings Road Chelsea County: London

Occupation:
WOOD, Francis Derwent Head Married M 38 1873 Artist Sculptor Keswick Cumberland VIEW
WOOD, Florence Mary Wife Married
8 years F 35 1876 Queensland Australia VIEW
GARLICK, Rosa Servant Single F 20 1891 General Servant Domestic Croydon Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
377 Reference:
RG14PN377 RG78PN12 RD4 SD1 ED5 SN20

Registration District:
Chelsea Sub District:
Chelsea North Enumeration District:
5 Parish:
Chelsea

Address:
284 Kings Road Chelsea County: London

Died:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

Derwent Wood died on the 19th February 1926 after having undergone a serious operation. He had lung cancer. He was 54 years of age. He is buried in Amberley in Sussex and over his grave in St Michael's Church churchyard is a bronze "Pieta". It is dated 1909 and was originally carved for All Saints Church in Ennismore Gardens. The grave is that of Derwent Wood and his wife

First name(s) Francis D
Last name Wood
Gender Unknown
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1872
Age 54
Death quarter 1
Death year 1926
District Marylebone
County London
Volume 1A
Page 658
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110929442/francis-derwent-wood

Francis married Schmidt, Florence Mary between Jan and Mar 1903 in District Paddington. Florence (daughter of Schmidt, Heinrich and O'Kelly, Mary) was born on 21 Jun 1873 in Rockhampton, , Queensland, Australia; died in Jun 1969 in District Stratton; was buried in Jun 1969 in St. Michael's Churchyard, Amberley, , Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 6D723AAECC09450483CCA4F11FC5FFF19D3C
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Sanderstead, , Surrey, England; Stretton Heathhurst Road, South Croydon
• Census: 29 Sep 1939, 2 Elm Cott Collier Row Lane, Romford, , Essex, England

Notes:

Birth:
WOOD, OLIVER DERWENT SCHMIDT
GRO Reference: 1904 S Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 166

First name(s) Oliver Derwent
Last name Wood
Gender Male
Birth day 20
Birth month 6
Birth year 1904
Age -
Death quarter 3
Registration Month 9
Death year 1996
District Teignbridge
District number 4131B
Register number 7GB
Entry number 207
Date of registration mm/yy 0996
County Devon
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
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Census:
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Oliver Derwent Wood 20 Jun 1904 Male Electrical Engineer Married 38 1
Elizabeth Wood 24 Mar 1905 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 38 2


Died:
First name(s) Oliver Derwent
Last name Wood
Gender Male
Birth day 20
Birth month 6
Birth year 1904
Age -
Death quarter 3
Registration Month 9
Death year 1996
District Teignbridge
District number 4131B
Register number 7GB
Entry number 207
Date of registration mm/yy 0996
County Devon
Country England
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from United Kingdom, England
(c) brightsolid online publishing ltd

Oliver married Powell, Elizabeth Juliet between Jul and Sep 1938 in District Chelsea. Elizabeth (daughter of Powell, Sir Douglas 2nd Bt of Wimpole Street and Powell, Albinia Muriel) was born on 24 Mar 1905 in Sharow Hall, Sharow, Ripon, , Yorkshire, England; was christened on 23 Apr 1905 in Sharow, Ripon, , Yorkshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1956 in The London Clinic, 20 Devonshire Place, Westminster, London, , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]