Private Henry Ward, 27951
- Batt - 8
- Unit - King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 13/04/1918
- Age - 30
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Alderman Ward of Nottingham, and the husband of Minnie Ada Ward.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Coalville Times article - Friday September 21st, 1917
LOCAL CASUALTIES
Private H. Ward of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, and Private F. Shaw, of the Royal Sussex Regiment, both of Ashby, have been wounded.
Coalville Times article - Friday May 10th, 1918
LOCAL CASUALTIES
Mrs Ward, Smisby Road, Ashby, has been informed that her husband, Private H. Ward, King’s Own Royal Lancasters, was killed in action in France, on April 13th. At one time he was the manager of Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son’s bookstall at Ashby. He leaves a widow and five children.
Coalville Times article - Friday June 7th, 1918
LOCAL CASUALTIES
Pte. H. Ward (Ashby) of the King’s Own, Royal Lancaster Regiment, has been killed in action.
Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 20/12/2017
- Conflict - World War I
- Unit - King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Ploegsteert Mem., Comines-warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
- Born - Nottingham
- Enlisted - Coalville, Leics
- Place of Residence - 46 Smisby Road, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH, LEICS
