The second batch of Hornbys' new Patriot��class mixed traffic��4-6-0.��These highly detailed model��features extensive detailing with many separately applied parts, allowing individual locomotives to be accurately modelled. Power is provided by a��5-pole skew wound motor, allowing realistic trains to be pulled with ease.

45536 celebrated the heroic acts of��Private W Wood VC. The locomotive is presented here in the BR lined green livery with early emblem. This model will also be available��fitted with a DCC decoder.

Remember Antics price includes UK delivery.

Livery: Early BR Green Period: Early 1950s Length: 260mm Finish: Pristine Motor: 5 pole skew wound. Loco drive Features: Sprung buffers, cab and tender detail Available DCC Ready & DCC Fitted

Wilfred Wood VC
Wilfred Wood was born in Stockport during 1897. At the outbreak of World War 1 he enlisted as a Private in the 10th Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers.
His Victoria Cross citation reads "...on 28 October 1918 near Casa Vana, Italy, when the advance was being held up by hostile machine-guns and snipers, Private Wood on his own initiative worked forward with his Lewis gun, enfiladed the enemy machine-gun nest and caused 140 men to surrender". Private Wood is also reported to have charged and silenced another enemy machine gun. In a further action entirely on his own initiative he attacked a German-held ditch, three officers and 160 men surrendering to him.
After leaving the army it appears that Wilfred Wood VC joined the LMS, becoming a locomotive driver and unveiled the nameplates on LMS 5536 in 1936. Today memorials to his heroic actions including a nameplate from ex-LMS Patriot 45536 are held at the Regimental Museum of The Northumberland Fusiliers at Alnwick Castle.
Wilfred Wood VC passed away in 1982 at his home near Stockport.