We remember Arthur Bowsher Ward

We remember Arthur Bowsher Ward

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Timeline

Timeline

1892
birth Wigston Magna, Leicestershire United Kingdom Source:9166537 Source:9166544 November 1892
1896
sibling Harold Tully Ward Source:9166544 1896
1911
employment Teacher Rodmersham, Kent United Kingdom Source:9166544 1911
1911
location 1 The Green, Rodmersham, Kent United Kingdom parents address Source:9166544 1911
1912
education Teacher training City of Leeds Training College Headingley, Leeds United Kingdom Source:9125689 1912 - 1914
1914
service British Army Private 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion (Leeds City Battalion) Source:9166537 23rd September 1914 - 27th January 1915
1915
service British Army Corporal 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion (Leeds City Battalion) Source:9166537 27th January 1915 - 15th August 1915
1915
service British Army Lance Serjeant 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 19th Battalion Source:9166537 15th August 1915 - 19th November 1915
1915
service British Army Serjeant 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 19th Battalion Source:9166537 19th November 1915 - 27th March 1917
1917
service British Army Second Lieutenant 72019 East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion attd. 1st Battalion Source:9166537 27th March 1917 - 15th August 1918
employment Teacher Leeds Education Services Leeds United Kingdom Source:9126379
1918
death Killed in Action KIA 5.15 pm. Att'd to Batt HQ as signalling off. Resting in a shell hole after scratch meal. Your son and the IO lay down to sleep. Boche 5.9 shell landed in our trench, 6ft from wherehe was dozing Beaumont-Hamel France Source:7090145 Source:9166613 15th August 1918
burial Ancre British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France VIII. C. 3 Source:7090145

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Arthur Bowsher
Initials AB
Last Name Ward
Source 4611370
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
1 The Green, Rodmersham, Kent United Kingdom parents address known 1911
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion (Leeds City Battalion) Corporal
British Army 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 15th Battalion (Leeds City Battalion) Private
British Army 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 19th Battalion Serjeant
British Army 1031 West Yorkshire Regiment 19th Battalion Lance Serjeant
British Army 72019 East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion attd. 1st Battalion Second Lieutenant
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Josephine Mary Ward mother
Arthur Ward father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Harold Tully Ward brother 1896

Media

Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Jo28365
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription Jo28365
British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Transcription Jo28365
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Jo28365
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jo28365

External Evidence

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National Union of Teachers War Record 1914-1919 Jo28365
Arthur Bowsher Ward on Sittingbourne Remembers website Jo28365

Multimedia

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City of Leeds Training College war memorial Jo28365
Arthur Bowsher Ward's grave, Ancre British Cem'y Jo28365
2nd Lt Arthur Bowsher Ward Jo28365

Stories

We remember Arthur Bowsher Ward