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Ward Harry Private 53842
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/18050
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- SKR/DAT/IP/18050
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ward Harry Private 53842
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Ward;
Forename(s): Harry;
Initials: H;
Number: 53842;
Rank: Private;
Born in: Dover;
Enlisted in: High Wycombe;
Previous Number: 2335;
Previous Regiment: Royal Field Artillery;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 49 Bn;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 193 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 49 Bn;
How killed: DOW;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 17-Apr-1918;
Other Data: NB: Probably 49 Bn - 49 Coy amalgamated 9/3/1918
Reported for duty with 193 Coy 3/2/1917 - War Diary;Other Notes: WARD, Private, HARRY, 53842. 49th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). Died of wounds 17th April 1918. Age 33. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ward, of Wootton, Kent; husband of Daisy E. Ward, of 57, Desboro' Avenue, High Wycombe. III. F. 19. Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery - Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/e37a62ba-f35a-4b97-805e-6b74a54b24d0/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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