{"id":1372,"date":"2021-01-03T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T10:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T15:23:01","slug":"robert-oscar-cyril-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/robert-oscar-cyril-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Oscar Cyril WARD"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1372\" class=\"elementor elementor-1372\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2783003f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2783003f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ea8d144\" data-id=\"1ea8d144\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c5b7c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c5b7c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Robert Oscar Cyril WARD<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-266bcd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"266bcd3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30fe5ad\" data-id=\"30fe5ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c08de4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c08de4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"952\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robert-oscar-cyril-ward.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robert-oscar-cyril-ward.jpg 827w, http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robert-oscar-cyril-ward-252x300.jpg 252w, http:\/\/www.tank-cambrai.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/robert-oscar-cyril-ward-768x914.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e59484f\" data-id=\"e59484f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2697ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2697ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Major Robert Oscar Cyril Ward, killed on the 20th November 1917 during the assault on Flesquieres ridge, was the eldest son of Mr. Robert Ward, of Leatherhead. He was born at Victoria, British Columbia, in 1881, and educated at Clifton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a well-known forward in the Harlequin Football Club and a Cambridge blue. He won the heavy-weight championship in Public schools and inter-university boxing. In 1914, he was given a commission as Lieutenant in the 6th Buffs, and was promoted Captain in the following year. Afterwards he transferred to the Tank Corps, and was promoted Major. He was twice wounded, and mentioned in dispatches. He rests in peace in the Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension. Major ROC Ward left 2 sons and one daughter. (Major Patrick Vernon Ward, Royal Tank Regiment, fought in Arras in 1940 later in the Desert where he gained the MC. He was killed in Normandy in July 1944. Robert Ward joined the Malayan Civil Service and later the Indian army when the Japanese invaded and was killed fighting ferociously at the fall of Singapore).<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Robert Oscar Cyril Ward, killed on the 20th November 1917 during the assault on Flesquieres ridge, was the eldest son of Mr. Robert Ward, of Leatherhead. He was born at Victoria, British Columbia, in 1881, and educated at Clifton and Trinity College, Cambridge. 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