Ref ID: 51654703447
Name
James Ward.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private James Ward.
Life Story
Name: James Ward.
Service Number: 3417.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Born: Belfast.
Died: 30th June 1915.
Address: 11 Concord Street, Belfast
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James Ward, grandson of Jane Russell, nephew of Rose and Daniel Donaghy, lived at 11 Concord Street, Belfast
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James joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on the 24th May 1915.
James was a Private in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he Died Of Wounds on the 30th June 1915.
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A local newspaper states
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OTHER BELFAST CASUALTIES.
Mrs J Russell, 11 Concord Street, Belfast has been officially informed that her grandson Private James Ward, 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, has died from wounds received in action at the Dardanelles. Deceased went out with a draft in June from 4th Battalion in Co. Donegal
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This article was replicated in the Belfast Telegraph, Northern Whig and News Letter
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James Soldiers Effects were left to his grandmother Jane and uncle Daniel.
His signed Will states, In the event of my death I leave all to my Grandmother Jane Russell, in care of my aunt Rose Donaghy, 11 Concord Street, Belfast.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his grandmother as claimant, and as living at 12 Crane Street at the time of applying.
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James received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Pink Farm Cemetery, Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
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Classification
Newspaper,
Newspaper,
Photograph
