In Memory Of

WARD, ARTHUR ERNEST

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 1st Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1918-04-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Messines Ridge
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
Additional Information
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."
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.