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Gunner J WARD

Service Number: 845308
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 162nd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1918

Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 14.

France

Etaples Military Cemetery. Grave of Serjeant Matthew, Royal Army Service Corps. King George V laid flowers on Sjt. Matthew's grave during his visit to the cemetery as part of his pilgrimage to the Western Front in May 1922, on behalf of the Queen, who had received the request from Sjt. Matthew's mother.

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of L. Ward, of 7, Marsworth St., Coventry.
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNEKE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 571
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