BORN HULL 1891. SON OF FRED (1872-1957) & ELLEN WARD (1871-), OF 161, DANSOM LANE HULL (1911 CENSUS), AND 9, HEREFORD TERRACE, STANLEY STREET, HULL. SON OF A HOUSE PAINTER. HE WAS ALSO A HOUSE PAINTER, EMPLOYED FOR SIX YEARS, BY MESSRS DALBY, PAINTERS, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL. HE ALSO LIVED FOR A TIME IN CLAPHAM, SURREY.
HE MARRIED ELEANOR MARGARET JORDAN, AT HULL, IN 1911, AGED 21. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN (ELEANOR MAY, CWCILY, EDITH IRENE AND ARTHUR CECIL). THEY LIVED AT 35, CARDOGAN STREET, HULL AND 7, SUNNY GROVE, SHARP STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 84676 EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 11TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT, A LABOUR BATTALION. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 28. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 20/06/1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH.
HE IS BURIED AT BULLY-GRENAY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, BRITISH EXTENSION, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ELEANOR.
| Name | Cecil Ward |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Residence | Clapham, Surrey |
| Death Date | 3 May 1917 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Battalion | Labour Companies |
| Regimental Number | 38002 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 84676, E. Yorks Regt. |
