Lance Corporal Arthur William Ward

[Source of article: Midlands County's Express And Wolverhampton Chronicles, dated Saturday 1/7/1944, page 5. Wolverhampton Archive microfilm reel No NP04835.] Photo courtesy of John Carey, Wolverhampton Police Military History Society.

L/Cpl Ward was one of the Police intakes to the Commandos. He had served for 3 years with the Wolverhampton Police before volunteering for the Commandos. He is commemorated on the Wolverhampton Police Memorial located at Bilston Street Police Station.

In Memory of 14241809 Lance Corporal Arthur William Ward
South Staffordshire Regiment and No 4 Commando
who died on the 7th June 1944 aged 26
Remembered with honour at Ranville War Cemetery.