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AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY

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Private William Walter WARD, G/19107, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, (gun shot wounds, legs, left buttock & back),  139 Field Ambulance, France, 25th April 1918, age 32.

Born New Cross, London, SE, son of Walter William and Mary Ann Ward, of Lewisham.

1911 Census - 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE - Walter William Ward, head, age 60, married, commercial clerk, Lighterman, born Stotfold; Mary Ann Ward, wife, age 60, married 39 years, 8 children, 6 still alive, born London; Mabel Ward, daughter, age 39, single, born P???????, London; Marion Ward, daughter, age 29, single, drapers cler, born Bermondsey, London; William Ward, son, age 24, single, canvasser, literature, born New Cross, London.

21st September 1913, St Marys Church, Lewisham, William Walter Ward, age 27, bachelor, clerk, 209 Algernon Road, father, William Walter Ward, clerk, married Margaret Kathleen Moreland, age 24, spinster, 78 Algernon Road, father, Henry Moreland, deceased, Lightermans Manager.

Children - Mildred Alice Ward, born 26th April 1914, 41 Commerton? Road, Lewisham; Geoffrey Edric Ward, born 3rd April 1916, 18, Charsley Road, Catford.

Enlisted Lewisham, SE. age 29 years & 157 days, weight 105lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, dark hair. Resided 18, Charsley Road, Catford, SE. Formerly Clerk.

10th December 1915 to 25th December 1916; BEF 26th December 1916 to 25th April 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted; 11th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 26th May 1916, mobilized; 29th May 1916, posted 3/1 Battalion, West Kent Yeomanry, Service No.2596; 6th December 1916, transferred Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion,  Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th December 1916, posted 8th  Battalion,  Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th December 1916, posted BEF & 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 6th March 1917, 17 Casualty Clearing Station, JCT finger left hand; 11th April 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, from 8th Stationary Hospital; 20th April 1917, proceeded to join unit In the Field; 14th November 1917, proceeded to Italy; 24th December 1917, Italy, 30 Stationary Hospital, diarrhoea; 5th February 1918, discharged to Convalescent Camp; 23rd February 1918, Italy, admitted to Hospital; 25th March 1918, Augusta, transferred to Base Depot; 15th April 1918, rejoined Battalion.

10th November 1918, date when Separation Allowance of 28/- a week payable to wife will cease.

11th November 1918, pension of 25/5 a week awarded to widow & two children.

25th June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Margaret Kathleen Ward, 18, Charsley Road, Catford, SE; Children - Mildred Alice Ward, born 26th April 1914, 18, Charsley Road, Catford, SE; Geoffrey Edric Ward, born 3rd April 1916, 18, Charsley Road, Catford, SE; Father, Walter William Ward, 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE; Mother,  Mary Ann Ward, 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE; Brothers - Charles Walter Ward, 35 Devonshire Road, Merton, Surrey; Sisters - Mabel Ward, 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE; Clarinda Rose Baker, 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE; Ethel Amy Bowell, 23a James Road, Annerley; Marion Elizabeth Ward, 209 Algernon Road, Lewisham, SE.

Buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3., I. O. 2., Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.