Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
The War Diary for today records. TRENCHES BIENVILLERS. At 8.00am the enemy front line to the left of the MONCHY – BIENVILLERS road is overlooked from our trenches in the neighbourhood of MONCH MILL SOUTH. For the first time movement has been seen here. Three men are seen to hurry past. During the morning more men are seen including an officer, all without equipment. Some hurry past as if conscious of danger whilst others take the opportunity in order to have a look across at us. We refrain from sniping and hope to observe a relief or gain other important information. At 1.00pm a few rifle grenades, whizz bangs and what appeared to be sling-bombs arrived at 87 and 88 and their supports. Four casualties, two killed and two wounded were the result. At 7.15pm a few high explosive shrapnel were fired at various targets during the day. Sixteen of these were fired at CROSS STREET LEFT, Seven of the last eight were ‘blind’. The Battery was marked down. Enemy working parties were seen during the day but were well out of rifle range. At 8.00pm a French -?- -?- was seen going towards DUCHY on the DUCHY – MONCHY ROAD. 2nd Lt COLES reported for duty from England.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Isaac Wood was born in 1882 in Ellistown, and he was educated at Ellistown. He was the son of Isaac and Ellen Wood. His father who was a miner, died when Isaac was 10. Isaac had two older brothers, William and Thomas, a younger brother John and a sister Sarah. The family lived on Ibstock Road in Ellistown.
Isaac had been a Sunday school teacher at the Hugglescote Methodist Church.
Before the war Isaac Wood was working as a miner; first at South Leicester Colliery, then at Whitwick Colliery and finally at Ibstock.
Isaac Wood married Annie Cox and had two daughters; they lived at Hockley Road in Whitwick.
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Submitted by F. Tilley in 2016

Coalville Times article - Friday September 1st, 1916

ELLISTOWN SOLDIER KILLED

Mrs Wood, of No. 9, Kendal Road, Ellistown, has been officially notified that her husband, Private Isaac Wood, of the Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action on August 16th. He was 35 years of age and before the war worked at the Ibstock Colliery. He had been in France about nine months. His wife is left with three young children.

The deceased soldier was a prominent member of the Hugglescote P.M. Church and a teacher in the Sunday School, where he will be much missed. His father was the late Mr I. Wood, also a collier, of Ibstock Road, Ellistown.

Coalville Times article - Friday September 8th, 1916

MEMORIAL SERVICES AT COALVILLE AND HUGGLESCOTE

FOR LOCAL MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

Impressive memorial services were held at Coalville and Hugglescote on Sunday evening, for local men who have nobly died fighting for their country.

At the Hugglescote Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday evening a memorial service was held for Private I. Wood, of Ellistown, recently killed in action and formerly a Sunday School teacher. The Rev. T. J. Martin preached an appropriate sermon, and the choir under Mr C. W. Whatnall, rendered the anthem, “What are these?” Deceased’s widow and three children were present.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 15/10/2017