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"Sergt. E. Ward, of the Cape Mounted Police, son of Mr. Henry Ward, of the South-street Maltings, Bishop Stortford, has returned home on furlough. He was wounded by bullets in the thigh and body at Tweebosch. He has brought home with him a seven-year-old Kaffir boy. Sergt. Ward lost a brother in the war."
Essex County Chronicle, Friday 27th June 1902

Some questions - did Sergeant Ward return to South Africa, taking the boy back with him, or did the Ward family adopt him? Who was Sergeant Ward's brother?

Sgt 261 E Ward II District Cape Police.

Fifty-seven men by the surname of 'Ward' died in the war. Would need to go though Soldier's Effects on Ancestry to see if the next of kin mentioned are either the brother or parents.

Berenice
Palmer has "261 Sgt. P.E.Ward" of District II Cape Police as "Dsly Wnd, Klipdrift, 7/3/02". The action at Tweebosch is often shown as Klipdrift in SAFF; which shows Sgt. Ward with initials "F.E.".
Regards
IL.

Responses to a request I've made on Roots Chat -

Possibly
Frank Edward Ward
Baptised 7th July 1875 at Ware, Hertfordshire
Father: Henry Ward Mother: Annie Hudson

1881 Census

Henry Ward, Head, marr, 47, Maltster employing 15 men and 5 boys, born London

Included in the household
Frank Edward Ware, son, 5, born Ware

Not a headline you would ever expect to read these days, even in the tabloids, given the pc world which exists now!

BereniceUK wrote: "Sergt. E. Ward, of the Cape Mounted Police, son of Mr. Henry Ward, of the South-street Maltings, Bishop Stortford, has returned home on furlough. He was wounded by bullets in the thigh and body at Tweebosch. He has brought home with him a seven-year-old Kaffir boy. Sergt. Ward lost a brother in the war."
Essex County Chronicle, Friday 27th June 1902

Some questions - did Sergeant Ward return to South Africa, taking the boy back with him, or did the Ward family adopt him? Who was Sergeant Ward's brother?

Hello Meruig,
Are there actually members of the Cape Police, in the NAM's Register of Soldiers Effects?
Regards Frank

SWB wrote: Sgt 261 E Ward II District Cape Police.

Fifty-seven men by the surname of 'Ward' died in the war. Would need to go though Soldier's Effects on Ancestry to see if the next of kin mentioned are either the brother or parents.