See also
Name:
Rufus Arthur Ward
Sex:
Male
Father:
Rufus Ward (1889-1952)
Mother:
Louisa Violet Anderton (1891-1970)
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
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)
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