Edward was another of the Filey casualties to have joined up as part of the original thirteen in August 1914 into the 5^th Battalion, Yorkshire Regt. (Green Howards) (later 1^st/5^th Battalion).  He had survived the heavy fighting at Ypres, and had been present during the crater raid at Petit-Bois in May 1916 that Harold Brown had led and been decorated for but in September 1916 was killed in action whilst the battalion was serving on the Somme and buried in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery.

Below: The original thirteen volunteers from Filey to join the 5^th Yorkshire Regt. in 1914.  Harold Brown is seated centre front, Tommy Jenkinson is 2^nd right on the back row.  Other volunteers include Edward Ward, Richard Pearson, and Sergeant Frank Watkinson (second left front row) who was brother to Robert Watkinson, another casualty, and who was wounded several times during WWI .