The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G A Ward

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Private George Alfred  WARD, L/7934, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 27th October 1914, age 26.

Born Greenwich, Kent, son of Edward Ward, of 1, East Terrace, Crayford Road, Erith, Kent.

Enlisted New Cross, Kent.

1911 Census - Quebee Barracks, Bordon, Private, age 24, single, 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Soldier, born Greenwich.

15th August 1914, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, Panel 30 and 31, Pas de Calais, France.

1st Battalion War Diary.

No. 5259,  C.S.M. F. CROSSLEY; No. 6694  Sergt. M STROUD; No. 6031  ------  PALMER; No. 7316 Pte. E ALLISON; No. 9401 Sergt. W MARSLIN; No. 7934  Pte. G WARD; No. 9879 Sergt. J GILBERT; No. 8129 C.Q.M.S. S J CRONK.

were specially noted for their excellent work during the fighting at Neuve Chapelle in October 1914, when all the officers in the Battalion, except two junior subalterns, became casualties.