Hello everyone
Have found this
Article date: April 24, 2007 Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England)
A DISTINGUISHED Service Cross once awarded to a Hartlepool sea captain is to be sold at auction in the United States.
And family members of the First World War hero who received the honour are hoping to club together to buy the medal.
Captain Samuel Beach Ward was skipper of a Royal Navy minesweeper that operated off the coast of Hartlepool during the First World War.
He was responsible for protecting the town's fishing fleet from mines and became something of a local hero during the conflict.
In August 1917 Capt Ward was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) by King George V for "services in minesweeping operations" during 1916 and 1917.
Haven't come up with much except found him listed in the London Gazette and wondered if someone could point me in the right direction locally. We have contacted the library but have heard nothing as yet. He was born in Scarborough and was killed on one of his trips to/from there as he used to visit family on his motorbike, although then we think he was living in Grimsby. We think this is him taken from a postcard
SAMUEL BEACH WARD [bn out of wedlock].jpg
Any help would be appreciated as I have googled all I can think of!
Elaine
Have found this
Article date: April 24, 2007 Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England)
A DISTINGUISHED Service Cross once awarded to a Hartlepool sea captain is to be sold at auction in the United States.
And family members of the First World War hero who received the honour are hoping to club together to buy the medal.
Captain Samuel Beach Ward was skipper of a Royal Navy minesweeper that operated off the coast of Hartlepool during the First World War.
He was responsible for protecting the town's fishing fleet from mines and became something of a local hero during the conflict.
In August 1917 Capt Ward was presented with the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) by King George V for "services in minesweeping operations" during 1916 and 1917.
Haven't come up with much except found him listed in the London Gazette and wondered if someone could point me in the right direction locally. We have contacted the library but have heard nothing as yet. He was born in Scarborough and was killed on one of his trips to/from there as he used to visit family on his motorbike, although then we think he was living in Grimsby. We think this is him taken from a postcard
SAMUEL BEACH WARD [bn out of wedlock].jpg
Any help would be appreciated as I have googled all I can think of!
Elaine
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