WARD, Harold Claude

1921 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	WARD, Harold Claude
  Birth	14 Dec 1921	Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Aug 1943	Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I639	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	WARD, Claude Welton,   b. 21 Aug 1896, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 5 Nov 1971, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 75 years)
  Mother	MCBRATNEY, Mary Jean,   b. 9 Aug 1896, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland d. 19 Oct 1977, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1918	Eastbourne, Sussex, England
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Harold-Claude-Ward.jpeg Photo of Harold Claude Ward – From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:F/Sgt. Harold Claude Ward, age 21, was killed on August 23, 1943, at 42 OTU, Ashbourne, when the Whitley aircraft (T4339), in which he was wireless air-gunner, crashed in the River Seven, at Gold Cliffe, South-East of Newport, England. He is buried in the Old Cemetery, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

  
  

• Notes

  Photo of Harold Claude Ward - From the Sydney Academy Memorial booklet, published by the Student's Assembly in memory of former students who served during the Second World War. The original pictures were supplied by the Sydney Post-Record and the booklet was compiled by Jack Wilcox, class of 1946 and Donald Trivett, class of 1947.Additional Information courtesy of Floyd Williston:F/Sgt. Harold Claude Ward, age 21, was killed on August 23, 1943, at 42 OTU, Ashbourne, when the Whitley aircraft (T4339), in which he was wireless air-gunner, crashed in the River Seven, at Gold Cliffe, South-East of Newport, England. He is buried in the Old Cemetery, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Source #190.