1923. For special services to the Government of India on famine work the Kalsur-i-Hind Medal was bestowed on him in 1901, He served as Chaplain' to. the Forces (Indi Troops) in Franco and Palestine 1916-1019. "He was twice mentioned {in dispatches and received the OBE, for his war services. He held the office of chaplain to the Bishop of Nagpur 1908-19. In 1919 he was consecrated Bishop of Chota Nagpur in St. Paul's Cathedral, Ranchi, December 1919, by the Bishop Calcutta, Metropolitan of India, Burma and Ceylon assisted by the Bishops of Nagpur, Lucknow" and Dornakal. In 1926 he was transferred to Nagpur.
Bishop Wood had a significant and attractive personality. There was a quality in his hand-clasp, and in the expression of his dark hazel eyes, "which at once assured a personal attachment. As a devoted member of a highly organized unit of the Church in India he gave of hhis best in the generous and commanding way which was his charac~ teristic. He was a man of earnest ction and a courageous thinker. *Pirst things first" was his watchword. He believed in the value of tradition, and he specially valued his Scottish heritage of simple faith that daily contemplation of the Bible brought inward realisation of Christian "spiritual experience and power. Added. to this he hada wide sympathy for the manifold varieties of truth and goodness met with in actual life. He read and kept a shrewd eye upon the movements of the day. He was an accomplished linguist. Knowing as did the. fundamental needs and desires of India his death comes particular loss at a time when the country is face to face with reforms which require sympathetic un¢ standing and ce-operation.
'The funeral took place on May 21. A service was held in Wily Trinity Cathedral at 3 pin, the! officiating clergymen being Bishro °C, Curtis and Dean' Trivett The chief mourners were the widow Mrs, Wood, Dr, E. L. Marsh, and Miss Marsh, niece. "The praise was led by the choir with Mr. B.C, Young presiding at the organ. "The casket which rested between the choir stalls was draped with the Union Jack, while the deceased's cope and mitre lay on top along with a beautiful oral eross from Mrs. Wood.
At the close of the service the pall-bearers—Rev. P. C. Matthews, Rev. F.J. Ottewell, Dr. E. L. Marsh, Dr. &. Gauntlett, Mr, E. H. Adams and Mr. "J. Huxley, representing the United Services Association, carried the casket to the waiting motor hearse. As the cortege moved down the oise Chopin's Funeral March was! played by Mr. Young.
At Bubbling Well Cemetery where the interment took place the mourn fers were met at the gate by Bishop Curtis and Dean Trivelt and they slowly marched to the graveside the committal service being conducted by the Bishop assisted by the Dean. The cross from the widow was lowered into the grave with the casket. Among others sending floral tributes were:—Mother, Ernest, Margie, Mr.
Mrs. W. K. Smith, Mr. & Mrs.
Mrs. David Nissim, C. S. Gubbay, Mr. Cecil Era, Mr. & Mrs. R. M. Joseph, The United "Seevices " Association (The Great War 1914-1918) Coolie and Amah, ete.
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