William Thomas Ward
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1924, Burgage Farm, Wigmore, Herefordshire
Private, 14372313
Suffolk Regiment
2nd Battalion
22nd December 1943
19 years
Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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William Ward
Florence (nee Deakin)
Mary Ward
Edith A Ward
Knighton, Radnorshire
1877 - 22nd March 1928
29th May 1889 -
3rd July 1922 -
20th May 1926 -
Married: 1921
2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
September 1939: On the outbreak of war the Battalion was in India and at Mhow.
November 1939: It moved up North Western Frontier to the Razmak. For three years they were engaged against the tribesmen in the Tochi Valley and in internal security.
October 1943: The Battalion joined 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade and took part in the Burma campaign including the Arakan and Imphal.