Cemetery: Halle Communal Cemetery
Country: Belgium
Area: Halle Vlaams-Brabant
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Official Number: 5862
Unit: 21st Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery.
Country of Service: British
Details: Died of pneumonia 25th February 1919. Age 24. Son of the late James and Mary Ward of St. Johnston Co. Donegal; husband of Kathleen Ward of Rose Cottage Skerries Co. Dublin. A. 74. Additional Information - Born: Londonderry IRELAND Date: Dec 18th, 1894 Baptised: Dec 25th, 1894 Parents: James Alexander Ward and Mary Anne McCool,James & Mary Married: Strabane , Co. Tyrone, Ireland & had 3 children: Annie, John James, James Alexander Mary Anne McCool born Fintona, Co. Tyrone died L’Derry 1900 James A. Ward remarried Dec 25, 1900 a Mary Jane Duggan before the army sent him to the Boer War then stationed with 2nd wife and family in Valletta ,Malta by 1902 and Gozo, Malta by 1904 . They had 10 children.
Photograph by Rudy van Kerkhoven / David Milborrow