Son of Mr. and Mrs. Warburton, of 19, Bella Street, Daubhill, Bolton, Lancashire. Formerly employed as a collier at Peel Hall Collieries, Little Hulton, Lancashire. Enlisted November 1914. Formerly 3432, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Reported missing and subsequently presumed killed.
Ward, Alexander –
Personal details
- Surname: Ward
- Forename: Alexander
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Not known
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: Not known
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: June 26th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 8th (Territorial) Battalion.
- Service number: 306961
- Regiment: Royal Warwickshire Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. George the Martyr C.E. Church - Daubhill WWI Memorial
- CWGC Memorial: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- CWGC reference: Panel 22 to 25.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 11/05/1917 07/12/1917 28/06/1918
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6d* S8* 6g
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 11/05/1917 06/07/1917 28/12/1917