WORLD WAR I
Bingham War Memorial
Service Record
| 939 440105 WR-177962 |
Corporal Walter Ward | Royal Engineers | b1892 |
| Medal card | Entered Egypt 10th December 1914 Awarded Victory and British medals |
WR Prefix: There was a renumbering of many of the transportation units in 1918, when they were given new numbers with the WR prefix. |
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| Roll of Honour | Served in Egypt and Palestine | ||
Family history etc
| 1892 Walter Ward |
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| B. 1892 | Bottesford | ||
| Census 1891 family |
Family living in Bottesford at 1 New Station Street Cottage
with: Father: George Frederick Weston Ward, B. 1852 Sheephall, Stevenage Mother: Emma, B. 1857 Kimbolton, Hants Sister: Annie, B. 1882 Pudsey, Yorks. Siblings: Albert, b. Bottesford 1884 George W., B.1885 Bottesford Emily, B. 1888 Bottesford Edith, B. 1890 Bottesford |
Railway Signalman |
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| Census 1901 |
Living in 1 New Station Cottage, Bottesford: Father: George Mother: Emma Siblings: Emily E Edith Ethel, b. 1855 Bottesford Herbert , b. 1899 Bottesford |
Railway signalman |
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| 1911 Census |
Living on Nottingham Road with Father: George Frederick Watson Mother: Emma Siblings: Emily Edith Ethel |
Telegraph operator Railway Signalman Housemaid, domestic Milliner Dressmaker |
Two brothers served in WW1: George served in the Labour Corps Albert served in Durham Light Infantry |
| Electoral Rolls | Walter was living with his parents on Nottingham Road between 1921 and 1931 | George Frederick Weston Ward (1921 also had a vote in Radcliffe) | |
| 1940 | Mother Emma died | ||
| 1946 | Father George Frederick Watson Ward died 25/1/1946 at The Eventide Home in Radcliffe. | Probate to Frederick George Holloway railway signalman and George William Ward, storekeeper. | £457.9s 4d. |