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Pte. James Ward
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.6th Oct 1915)
James Ward enlisted at Jarrow and served with the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment(Prince of Wales Own). He died on the 6th October 1915 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery His medal card shows that he died from wounds and was awarded the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. His younger brother Robert was also one of the fallen.
James was born in Jarrow 1895, son of Hugh and Mary Elizabeth Ward nee Jamieson of 92 Hope Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family are living at 3 Burn Street, Jarrow with Hugh(39)labourer in chemical works and his wife of 19 years Elizabeth(39) and their 6 children all single. Janet(18), James(15) catching rivets in shipyard, Robert(13), Bernard(8) and Ellen(6) are at school and John is age 4.
