Warrant Officer Guydon Whitfield Ward
- Rank
- Warrant Officer
- Appointment
- Royal Australian Air Force 1943 NW Europe
- Service number
- 406890
- Unit
- 102 Squadron Royal Air Force
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Germany
- Date of death
- 11 August 1943
- Age
- 21
- Plaque number
- L120
- Co-located plaques
- L120A - FSGT John Chappell
- Dedicated by
- Parents on 5 December 1948
- More information
Warrant Officer Guydon Whitfield Ward 406890 (1921-1943, born York, Western Australia) enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Perth, Western Australia, on 28 April 1941 and was trained as a Pilot at Cunderdin and Geraldton, Western Australia. He was sent to the United Kingdom under the Air Training Plan (known as the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Australia) and attached to the Royal Air Force (RAF) serving with No. 102 Squadron RAF in Bomber Command. During a mission to bomb Nuremburg, Germany, on 11 August 1943, Halifax aircraft JD369 crashed at Ramsen presumably as a result of enemy action, killing six of the crew, Warrant Officer Ward, four RAF members, Sergeant Ronald Ellis Chapman 1238906 of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Sergeant John Addley Irving 936723, Flight Sergeant Raymond George Shaw 1576981, and Flying Officer Sidney Richard Vivian 139657 of Highams Park, Essex, England, and one Royal Canadian Air Force member, Flight Sergeant William Harold Davey R/129865 of Durham, Ontario, Canada, while two RAF members, Sergeant P Bostle 1331058 and Sergeant J A McLeamon 1138663, became Prisoners of War.
Warrant Officer Ward’s official memorial is his grave in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany, where his headstone is inscribed with “The song is ended but the melody lingers on”. His Roll of Honour is York.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his parents on 5 December 1948. He is the son of Dr. Harold Whitfield Ward (1890-1975) and Helen Yetna Ward (nee Mills) (1895-1952) of York.
Warrant Officer Ward is remembered with honour.