Military Chat

It's also possible that he didn't serve with any of the forces.
Neither of my grandfathers and only one of OH's did.
He may have been more useful in a 'war effort' industry.

One worked in an Arsenal
One ran a dairy in the London Docks area.
One worked for the Gas Board.

Detective did write on 30 June that 70% of WW1 documents were destroyed in the blitz.

He's too old for WW2 but those docs are still with MOD and not online.

You may be unlucky, I have docs for paternal grandfather but nothing for maternal grandfather and both served and survived WW1.

Thank You
We knew that but its his Military History we are struggling with

Could this be his wife's death? :-

First name(s) MABEL
Last name WARD
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1892
Age 68
Death quarter 2
Death year 1960
District SHEFFIELD
County Yorkshire
Volume 2D
Page 184
Country England

Kath. x

This looks like his marriage:-

First name(s) WILSON
Last name WARD
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1912
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ WILSON WARD married one of these people
>>>>>MABEL K DRINKWATER,<<<<< ALICE MILLER
Spouse's last name DRINKWATER
District SHEFFIELD
District number -
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 9C
Page 896

Looks like there are 7 births to the above couple.

Kath. x

1939 Register

Ward Household (2 People)
2 Woodhouse Mill Harbury Street , Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding)


Mabel K Ward 28 Feb 1892 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 89 2
1 more person who is officially closed
Wilson Ward 19 Jun 1890 Male Electric Linesman (Sick) On Rel Married 89 1


Posting to show that if he did enlist in WW1, he survived

As you've posted on Military Chat, are you looking for WW1 service records? Are you sure he was in one of the Services?
In case you aren't aware, nearly 70% of the Army ones were destroyed during WW2 bombing.

Medal Cards were stored elsewhere and have survived. Unfortunately, without further information its impossible to whittle down the numerous W Ward's to even suggest which one is Wilson's.

To Commemorate The Battle of the Somme, both Ancestry and Findmypast are allowing free access to their military records. If you open an account and they ask for a CC no, make sure that you cancel the trial before they charge your card

What do you want to know?
You must have got back to him somehow., how do you know his place of birth and year of birth?
Who were his parents, did he marry, have children?
Or is it purely that you want to find out if he was in the Forces?


Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Sep 1890 (>99%)
Ward Wilson Sheffield 9c 602

Seeking any advice as we cannot find anything