6th Bn. Border Regt

[Guest Jimmy Knacky]

Myrtle

He looks early twenties possibly teens at a push.

In answer to the NZ possibility, the badge he is wearing is definately Imperial Service badge as described in an early posting, did the NZ forces have this?

The results of my search for those who could have died near Hill 60 left me with the following results

Robert Ward KIA 8th Bn Seaforths.

- Wrong uniform.

Robert Ward KIA 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

- Right age, but parents and SDGW details for Jarrow.

Robert Charles Ward DOW 24th Bn. London Regt.

- DOW SDGW and parents details Battersea, Clapham.

Robert Harry Ward KIA 12th Bn. Royal Fusiliers

- Right age, but parents and SDGW details Willesden.

As you can see none of these really fit the bill and this means that tying in a name to the photo found in Gravesend Library is going to be very difficult if not impossible, the initial information may be totally wrong as I have said earlier, which leads me to the rest of Mytle's suggestion.

S/9031 Pte Richard Ernest Ward Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment. KIA 18/04/15 Aged 18. Parents; Henry Thomas and Sarah Jane Ward.

This still remains an option but again how does it fit in with Gravesend?

Thanks again for helping.

Regards

Andrew

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Robert Ward KIA 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Born and living Jarrow.

That's your man........................

[Andrew Marshall]

Jimmy

What makes you come to that conclusion?

Regards

Andrew

[Graeme Heavey]

Andrew did you get an answer to this? Can you post it if so?

Cheers

Graeme

[Andrew Marshall]

Hi Graeme

No, I didn't get an answer and I suspect this is because the person answering my query was thrown off the list for doing exactly this....answering things he didn't know anything about! I've now got around to uploading an image of Robert Ward but it is a very poor image, sorry in advance.

Regards

Andrew