The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Second Lieutenant G A Ward

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Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Arthur WARD,  12th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 30th September 1916, age 36.

Born Hampstead, London, son of Harry Lloyd Douglas, ( assistant British Museum), & Mary Elizabeth  Ward.

23rd November 1907, Emmanuel, Hampstead, Camden, Geoffrey Arthur Ward, age 26, bachelor, clerk, 5 South? Mansions, father, Harry Lloyd Douglas Ward, deceased, Gentleman, married Emily Florence Hall, age 32, spinster, 91 Sumaha ? Road, father, Thomas Hall, Gentleman.

Children - Mary Florence Nancy Ward, born 6th May 1910, born Hampstead, London.

1911 Census - 48 Savernake Road, Hampstead, Gospel Oak, NW - Geoffrey Arthur Ward, head, age 29, married, confectioner, retailer, own account, born Hampstead, London; Emily Florence Ward, wife, age 36, married 3 years, 1 child, still alive, born Hampstead, London; Mary Florence Nancy Ward, daughter, age 10 months, born Hampstead, London.

Enlisted August 1914.; Private Royal Fusiliers, Service No. PS/2200; 6th July 1916, Commissioned. Resided, 5 Heath Hurst Road, Hampstead, NW / 14A, Wentworth Mansions, Keats Grove, Hampstead, London. 

28th March 1917, Probate - Geoffrey Arthur Ward, of 5 Heath Hurst Road, Hampstead, Second Lieutenant 12th (Reserve) Battalion, (attached 7th Battalion), Royal West Kent Regiment, fied 30th September 1916, in France. Probate London 28th March to Emily Florence Ward, widow. Effects £456 13s 6d.

Buried at  Mill Road Cemetery, I. C. 17., Thiepval, France.

London Gazette 25th July 1916.

Royal West Kent Regiment. - The under mentioned cadets to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (on probation) : 7 July 1916. Geoffrey Arthur Ward.

London Gazette 28th October 1916.

War Office, 28th October, 1916. REGULAR FORCES. INFANTRY.

The under mentioned temporary 2nd Lieutenants, from Reserve  Battalions, to be temporary 2nd Lieutenants (attached), retaining their Army seniority: G A Ward.