Service Details
Name:
 WARD
Given Name:
 ARTHUR ERNEST
Initials:
 A E
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-10
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Messines Ridge
Decorations:
 M C and bar
Citations:
 LG Sup 26 July 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He collected the detail of the companies and established them in a forward position. During the whole period they were under continuous heavy machine gun fire, and though wounded he remained with is men until relieved at night." Bar to the MC LG Sup 26 July 1918 pg 8768 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At a critical time during the retirement he collected a number of stragglers and took up a position, which he held against vastly superior numbers. His timely action inspired confidence in the ranks and allowed an oppurtunity to reorganise. Throughout the period he showed wonderful courage and daring."
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Ward, of "Glenthorne," Corbridge-on-Tyne, England; husband of Katherine Annie Ward, of 5, Victoria Crescent, Kimberley, Cape Province.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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