m ant ling ▁big ▁structures , ▁and ▁rose ▁to ▁considerable ▁fame ▁as ▁a ▁sk illed ▁ship bre aker ▁and ▁tr ades man ▁with ▁his ▁company ▁Th os . ▁W ▁Ward ▁Ltd , ▁established ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 ▁and ▁formed ▁into ▁a ▁Limited ▁Company ▁at ▁the ▁Alb ion ▁Works ▁in ▁She ff ield ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁He ▁owned ▁break ers ' ▁yards ▁at ▁ports ▁around ▁Britain , ▁and ▁was ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁resource ful ▁nature , ▁rec y cling ▁everything ▁on ▁the ▁war ships ▁and ▁redundant ▁lux ury ▁lin ers ▁given ▁over ▁to ▁his ▁care , ▁down ▁to ▁l amps ▁and ▁car p ets , ▁even ▁the ▁tim ber ▁being ▁used ▁for ▁garden ▁furn iture . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁famous ▁ship bre aking ▁projects ▁included ▁the ▁ ▁White ▁Star ▁Lin er ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s , ▁which ▁was ▁broken ▁up ▁at ▁his ▁yard ▁near ▁More cam be ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁and ▁the ▁Olympic , ▁which ▁was ▁finally ▁to wed ▁to ▁In ver ke ith ing . ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Ward ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁office ▁of ▁Master ▁C ut ler ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Joseph ▁became ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Sc rap ▁Ad vis ory ▁Committee ▁to ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Mun itions . ▁ ▁Ward ▁died ▁on ▁ 3 ▁February ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁at ▁Cro okes ▁C emetery , ▁Head land ▁Road , ▁She ff ield