OLIVER+WARD

Ward, Oliver, Able Seaman, Bristol Z/4587, HMS Champagne, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Born Allestree, Derbyshire Died 9th October 1917 aged 21 Son of John Thomas and Fanny Ward, of Allestree, Derby The Admiralty found that this rating, after the order to abandon ship had been given, volunteered to remain on board and man one of the guns, and continued firing on the submarine while his own was actually sinking. Commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon

1911 Census: An elastic winder Son of Thomas, a surgical elastic bandage maker, and Fanny Ward, of Duffield Road, Allestree, Derbyshire.


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