Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Captain & Quarter-Master R. Ward, 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘C’ Troop in the famous charge at Omdurman

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3968 L./Cpl. R. Ward, 21/L’crs.); 1914-15 Star (Q.M. & Capt. R. Ward, 21/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Capt. R. Ward); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3968 Sq. Q. M. Sjt. R. Ward, 21/Lrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3968 Lce. Cpl. R. Ward, 21st Lcrs.), minor contact wear, very fine and better (6) £2400-2800

Richard Ward, who was born in January 1874, served in the ranks of the 21st Lancers for a little under 20 years, in which period he was present as a Lance-Corporal in ‘C’ Troop in the famous charge at Omdurman in 1898; sold with copied photograph of the ‘Officers and N.C.Os of the regiment who took part in the charge at Omdurman on 2 September 1898’, Ward among them.

Appointed an Hon. Lieutenant (Q.M.) in February 1912, he entered the Indian theatre of war in September 1915, as a member of the Malakand Moveable Column. He appears to have been the last Quarter-Master of the regiment before amalgamation with the 17th Lancers in 1922; sold with copied research.