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Pte. John Thomas Ward
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hunslet, Leeds
(d.23rd July 1916)
John Ward was the Brother of my Husband's Grandma.
John Thomas Ward, or John T as he was sometimes known, was a soldier at the time of his marriage to Miss Lillian Link in February 1916. A few months later he was injured in Flanders and died of wounds on 23rd July 1916. He is buried in Abberville Communal Cemetery in Somme, France.
He was posthumously awarded the British War and Victory Medals on 31st of March 1920. According to that medal roll, John Thomas also served in the 5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment.
It would be great to find out more information about John Thomas, so we could know more about him. I have no photos.