Born at Henfield, near Horsham, Sussex.
There are two men of this name shown as being christened at Henfield, one on the 22nd of November 1835, the son of George Ward and his wife, Jane, and the other on the 29th of May 1836, the son of James Ward and his wife, Elizabeth.
Enlisted at Brighton on the 5th of December 1854.
Age: 18.
Height: 5' 5".
Trade: Labourer.
Appearance: Fresh complexion. Grey eyes. Lt. brown hair.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 8th of December 1858.
Discharged from Brighton on the 8th of December 1858.
"Unfit from Scrofula — the result of constitutional infirmity and the Reduction of the Regiment."
Served 2 years 3 days.
In Turkey and the Crimea: 10 months.
Conduct: "a good soldier". Not in possession of any Good Conduct badges.
Aged 20 years 6 months on discharge.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.