See also

Family of Rufus Ward and Louisa Violet Anderton

  • Husband:

  • Rufus Ward (1889-1952)

  • Wife:

  • Louisa Violet Anderton (1891-1970)

  • Children:

  • Rufus Arthur Ward (1917-1940)

  • Marriage:

  • 27 May 1916

  • St Michael & All Angels, Croydon, Surrey

Husband: Rufus Ward

  • Name:

  • Rufus Ward

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • WARD Rufus of 29 Waddon New Road West Croydon Surrey died 12 February 1952. Administration London 24 March to Louisa Violet Ward widow. Effects £415 2s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 1889

  • Croydon, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1889 (age 0)

  • 1889 Mar Q, Croydon, 2a/145

  • Death:

  • 12 Feb 1952 (age 62-63)

  • 29 Waddon New Road, Croydon, Surrey

Wife: Louisa Violet Anderton

  • Name:

  • Louisa Violet Anderton

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Anderton (1860- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Gunn (1869- )

  • Birth:

  • 7 Oct 1891

  • Croydon, Surrey

  • Census (1):

  • 1891 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1891 Dec Qtr, Croydon, 2a/233

  • Census (2):

  • 1901 (age 9-10)

  • Visiting with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 19-20)

  • Domestic servant, 10 Chatsworth Road, Croydon

  • Death fact:

  • 1970 (age 78-79)

  • 1970 Dec Q, Surrey South Eastern, 5g/760 (aged 79)

  • Death:

  • 1970 (age 78-79)

  • Surrey South Eastern

Child 1: Rufus Arthur Ward

  • Name:

  • Rufus Arthur Ward

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note 1:

  • WARD, RUFUS ARTHUR, Sgt. Pilot, R.A.F.

    b. Croydon 15 Feb 1917. Res. 29 Waddon New Road. Educ. Stanley Tech. School, Scout, Aircraft engineer; experimental charge hand. Service A.A.F., 30 Mar 1936; wings 20 May 1936, and "A" Licence. Attached 66 Sqdn, Gravesend, Kent, and took part in Battle of Britain. Killed in aerial combat over Rochester, 8 Oct 1940. Buried New Cemetery, Thornton Road.

    Source: UK, Memorial Books WWI and WWII, 1914-1945 (Ancestry.co.uk)

  • Note 2:

  • WARD, RUFUS ARTHUR

    Rank: Sergeant

    Trade: Pilot

    Service No: 740913

    Date of Death: 08/10/1940

    Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 66 Sqdn.

    Grave Reference: Plot D.D. Grave 28475.

    Cemetery: CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

    http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2434366/WARD,%20RUFUS%20ARTHUR

  • Birth:

  • 15 Feb 1917

  • Croydon, Surrey

  • Birth fact:

  • 1917 (age 0)

  • 1917 Mar Q, Croydon, 2a/466

  • Death:

  • 8 Oct 1940 (age 23)

  • Medway, Kent

Note on Husband: Rufus Ward

WARD Rufus of 29 Waddon New Road West Croydon Surrey died 12 February 1952. Administration London 24 March to Louisa Violet Ward widow. Effects £415 2s. 9d.

Note on Child 1: Rufus Arthur Ward (1)

WARD, RUFUS ARTHUR, Sgt. Pilot, R.A.F.

b. Croydon 15 Feb 1917. Res. 29 Waddon New Road. Educ. Stanley Tech. School, Scout, Aircraft engineer; experimental charge hand. Service A.A.F., 30 Mar 1936; wings 20 May 1936, and "A" Licence. Attached 66 Sqdn, Gravesend, Kent, and took part in Battle of Britain. Killed in aerial combat over Rochester, 8 Oct 1940. Buried New Cemetery, Thornton Road.

Source: UK, Memorial Books WWI and WWII, 1914-1945 (Ancestry.co.uk)

Note on Child 1: Rufus Arthur Ward (2)

WARD, RUFUS ARTHUR

Rank: Sergeant

Trade: Pilot

Service No: 740913

Date of Death: 08/10/1940

Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 66 Sqdn.

Grave Reference: Plot D.D. Grave 28475.

Cemetery: CROYDON (MITCHAM ROAD) CEMETERY

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2434366/WARD,%20RUFUS%20ARTHUR