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