| Sam Ledward | |
 | |
| Birth: | 9 November 1906 Gwernaffield, Wales, UK |
| Death: | 18 August 2015 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Age: | 108 years, 282 days |
| Country: |  UK
|
| Centenarian | |
Samuel "Sam" Ledward (9 November 1906 – 18 August 2015) was a British centenarian who was the oldest living man born in Wales at the time of his death.
Biography[]
Sam Ledward was born in Gwernaffield, Wales, UK on 9 November 1906 and worked as a cabinet-maker and as a butcher. At the age of 30 after a motorbike accident, doctors had decleared him dead. He was found to be alive after an eagle-eyed man saw his hand move, and found he was still warm.[1] He spent much of his childhood in Winsford. He married a woman named Edith in 1940 and the two lived in Blackpool. Edith died in 1993. Two years later, Ledward moved to Flintshire to live with Edith's cousin Millie Minshall (aged 90 in November 2012).
Ledward died in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK on 18 August 2015 at the age of 108 years, 282 days.[2][3] After his death, 107-year-old Clifford Parfitt became the oldest man born in Wales.
References[]
- ↑ Sam Ledward turns 106 after being declared dead in 1936 BBC News. 13 November 2012
- ↑ 'Back from the dead' Sam Ledward dies at 108 BBC News. 19 August 2015
- ↑ Wales' oldest man dies aged 108 – nearly eight decades after being mistakenly declared dead in a motorbike crash Wales Online. 19 August 2015