Ward, Arthur Frederick James
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Arthur Frederick James |
Surname | Ward |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
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Date of Death | 07-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Fredrick Charles and Elizabeth Amelia Ward, of Deptford. |
Aircraft Information
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Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Greenwich Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot D. Grave 382. |
Epitaph | FOND MEMORIES OF YOU WILL LINGER IN OUR HEARTS FOR EVER. MUM, DAD AND PAT |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 259 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 570315 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 7 |
Squadron | 1667 HCU |
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Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Eastern end of former main runway, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire * PRIVATE PROPERTY * |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone sculpture and inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | 1667 HCU RAF 1943 To those who tyranny threatened flew from this runway, some never to return and to those who supported them on the ground, we remember you all |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 30-11--0001 |
End Date | 30-11--0001 |
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Reason for Loss | Lincolnshire Echo, 10 September 1943: SHOT SERGEANT At the inquest held by Capt. R. H. Helmer (coroner for Louth district), at a Lincolnshire RAF station into the death of Sgt. Arthur Frederick Ward (23), a London man who was found dead on the previous day with a gun beside him, a medical officer at the station stated that Ward had not enjoyed good health recently, and other witnesses described how the body was found in a building on the airfield. The Coroner found that Ward had died from gunshot wounds and a verdict was returned that he took his life while the balance of his mind was disturbed. |