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Private F G Ward

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Private Frank George WARD, G/18109, 7th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action,  Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 23rd July 1917, age 24.

Son of William & Martha Ward, 424 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

1911 Census - 424 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk - William Ward, head, age 64, married, gardener, jobbing, worker, born Somerleyton, Suffolk; Martha Ward, wife, age 44, married 17 years, 5 children, 3 still alive, born Mutford, Suffolk; Frank Ward, son, age 16, single, Bootmakers Assistant, Boot Manufacturer, worker, born Rushmere, Suffolk; Bertie Ward, son, age 14, school (part time), house boy,  born Rushmere, Suffolk; Ernest Ward, son, age 11, school,  born Rushmere, Suffolk.

Illegitimate Step Child - Cyril Norman Shipp, born 5th May 1914, Mutford Registration District.

10th August 1916, St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, married Ivy Irene Shipp.

Enlisted Lowestoft, Suffolk, age 21 years & 7 months, height 5ft 7 inches.   Resided Cambridge Inn, 2 Northgate Street, Beccles, Suffolk.

Separation Allowance ???? a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week, payable to wife.

Home 16th February 1916 to 26th August 1916; BEF 27th August 1916 to 23rd July 1917.

16th February 1916, enlisted; 17th February 1916, to Army Reserve; 4th March 1916, mobilized; 4th March 1916, posted 3/1 Suffolk Yeomanry, Service No.2541; 27th August 1916, posted BEF; 27th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 27th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 28th August 1916, 5 Infantry Base Depot; posted 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment; 7th September 1916, transferred to 4th Reserve Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 7th September 1916, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 20th October 1916, P.O.U.O. admitted 4 Convalescent Camp, ex 2 General Hospital; 13th November 1916, 40 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples, discharged to Base ex. 1 Convalescent Camp; 7th January 1917, In the Field, making an improper remark to an NCO, forfeits 10 days pay; 30th April 1917, proceeded to join Battalion, In the Field.

11th February 1918, pension of 13/9 a week, awarded to widow.

10th April 1919, Mutford Registration District, Ivy Irene Ward, married James Barber, 253, Grey Street, London, Ontario, Canada / 330 Hill Street, London, Ontario, Canada.

12th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Mrs I Barber, late Mrs F G Ward, 330 Hill Street, London, Ontario, Canada; Children, nil; Father, dead; Mother, Mrs W Ward, 424 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk; Brothers - Bert Ward, age 22, I think, 424 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk; Sisters - Mrs Porter, I do not know her very well. 33 Eastcourt Road, Watford, Hertfordshire; Grandparents, Mr & Mrs Long, Market Gardens, ??????, England; Nephews / Nieces, I dont know; Uncles / Aunts, I dont know.

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. / Lowestoft War Memorial. / St Margaret's War Memorial.