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Private ARTHUR WARD

Service Number: 4860401
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 August 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

Plot 13. Row E. Grave 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Ward, of Newbold Verdon, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD REST THE SOUL OF ONE WHO DIED FOR HIS BELOVED COUNTRY. MON FILS, ADIEU

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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4040
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