North - CMS Industrial Agent & Asst. Sec. At Freretown

CMS 1888 - 1888, Sept 27 to E. Eq. Africa Mission, as Industrial Agent and Assist. Sec. at Frere Town; 1892, June 12 to Zanzibar. Died at Frere Town Jan 12 1895.

Tucker - Jan 7th 1895 [sic] - Ward- superintendent of our industrial work, died of blackwater fever - a more simple-hearted and faithful worker for God it would be hard to find.

Mombasa Cathedral plaque: ni ya kutukuziwa mwenyiezi Mngu / na / kukumbakia mapenzi / ya ndugu yetu tupendanae / Benjamin Ward / wa Kentmere, Westmorland / nae ndiye / aliyeirasimu kanisa hii na kuibuni / wenyeji wa huu mji wa / Kisauni / wangi walikuwa wakifurahishwa / kwa ihisani na imani / waliokuwa yeye akiwaonea / alilala usingizi katika masihi / Jan 12 1895 / waliokuwa rafikize watu wazidi / mia n'ne / wametangizana illi kumuwekea / lahu hii / wana heri wafu wafao katika bwana / ufunuwo.xiv.13 [ it is to be glorified by God / and / to embrace the love / of our brother to love each other / Benjamin Ward / of Kentmere, Westmorland / and he is the one / who formalized this church and designed it / the inhabitants of this town of / Kisauni / many were happy / with charity and faith / those whom he saw / he fell asleep in the messiah / Jan 12 1895 / who befriended more people / four hundred / have arranged for him / this day / blessed are the dead who die in the Lord / ufunuwo.xiv.13]

FindaGrave Benjamin Ward Birth 1853 Kentmere, South Lakeland District, Cumbria, England Death 12 Jan 1895 (aged 41–42) Mombasa, Kenya Burial Kisauni Cemetery Mombasa, Mombasa, Kenya Memorial ID 240882639