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Born 30 October 1886 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Isabella (née Deans) Ward, of Glasgow, Scotland. Enlisted with his friend Robert McElroy in the 240th Battalion, transferred to 257th Railway Construction Battalion and was sent overseas on 19 February 1917. He embarked for France on 27 March 1917 where he was transferred to the 7th Battalion, Canadian Railway Troop
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Vars Cenotaph, Ontario
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Attestation Paper
Source Library and Archives Canada Soldiers of the First World War
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Sapper Charles Ward
Attestation Paper
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Plaque on Vars ON cenotaph.
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Plaque of Charles Ward on one of the posts in front of Vars ON cenotaph.
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Built in 1904 in Vars, the Knox Presbyterian Church building served at different times as both a United Church and Presbyterian Church. Closed in 1980, the church building and its artefacts were relocated to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum.
IN MEMORIAM
1914-1918
MATTHEW BARKLEY
ROBERT McELROY
WESLEY SIMPSON
CHARLES WARD
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
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Vars Cenotaph, Ontario
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Plaque on Vars ON cenotaph.
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Plaque of Charles Ward on one of the posts in front of Vars ON cenotaph.
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Built in 1904 in Vars, the Knox Presbyterian Church building served at different times as both a United Church and Presbyterian Church. Closed in 1980, the church building and its artefacts were relocated to the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum. IN MEMORIAM 1914-1918 MATTHEW BARKLEY ROBERT McELROY WESLEY SIMPSON CHARLES WARD THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 345 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
Brandhoek New Military Cemetery is located 6.5 km west of Ieper town centre on the Branderstraat, a road leading from the N308 connecting Ieper to Poperinge. From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308) is reached via Elverdingsestraat then directly over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of the J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. 6 km along the N308, after passing the village of Vlamertinge and just beyond the church in the hamlet of Brandhoek, lies the left hand turning onto the Grote Branderstraat. The cemetery is located 300 metres along the Branderstraat on the left hand side of the road, beyond the N38 dual carriageway, which it is necessary to cross.
Historical Information:
During the First World War, Brandhoek was within the area comparatively safe from shell fire which extended beyond Vlamertinghe Church. Field ambulances were posted there continuously and the Military Cemetery was opened early in May 1915 in a field adjoining the dressing station. It closed in July 1917 when the New Military Cemetery was opened nearby, to be followed by the New Military Cemetery No 3 in August 1917. Brandhoek New Military Cemetery contains 530 First World War burials. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield.
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