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Description: | Collection of correspondence and papers relating to his death in action on 17 February 1917 while serving with the 1st Royal Marine Battalion (63rd Royal Naval Division) on the Western Front, including a short ms letter written to his mother (9 February 1917) concerning the health of himself and his family; an ms letter written by his platoon sergeant to Ward’s mother (28 February 1917) expressing his condolences following her son’s death; four documents relating to his will together with a series of six official letters from the Record Office of the 63rd Royal Naval Division providing notification of his death and place of burial; a cutting from ‘The Surrey Comet’ newspaper containing notice of his death and photograph (31 March 1917); an official photograph of his grave; and a French book of postcards showing the ruins of Albert.
Cataloguer AS | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ward, Alfred James | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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