. 2° Battaglione, Lancashire Fusiliers capitano Ward è nato in Giamaica. Ha servito nella Seconda Guerra Anglo-Boer e ricevuto la Regina del Sud Africa medaglia con due ganci. Egli ha ricevuto il Distinguished Service Order (DSO), l'Africa il Servizio Generale medaglia con tre ganci ed è stato menzionato in spedizioni per i suoi servizi in ufficio coloniale tra il 1901 e il 1903. Egli è stato ucciso il 26 agosto 1914. Egli è commemorato in La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial in Francia. Ward's bisnonno era Giovanni Sofonia Holwell, Govenor di Fort William, Calcutta, famoso per la sua difesa della fortezza di Calcutta in

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. 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers Captain Ward was born in Jamaica. He served in the Second Anglo-Boer War and received the Queen's South Africa Medal with two clasps. He received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), the Africa General Service Medal with three clasps and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in the Colonial Office between 1901 and 1903. He was killed on 26 August 1914. He is commemorated at the La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial in France. Ward's great-grandfather was John Zephaniah Holwell, Govenor of Fort William, Calcutta, famous for his defence of Fort Calcutta in June 1756 and his subsequent claims regarding the 'Black Hole' of Calcutta. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections. The Museum released this image on a custom licence - IWM Non-Commercial license. However where the photograph has no known author, these are public domain under the 70 rule and where they were owned by the Ministry of Information, any other government department or agency, taken by a member of the military during their service or by a photographer commissioned by the services, these are now out of copyright restriction.