Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Acting Sergeant D. Ward, Royal Field Artillery, who was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for his gallantry during the Battle of Lys

1914 Star, with clasp (28384 Dvr. D. Ward. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (28384 A-Sjt. D. Ward. R.A.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt, and enamel, with trophy of arms suspension; Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze, minor blue enamel damage to the MM, nearly very fine (5) £240-£280

David Ward was born in 1884 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 30 October 1902. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 August 1914, latterly with C/94 Brigade, and working alongside a French Artillery unit was awarded the French Medaille Militaire for his gallantry at Locre, during the Battle of Lys, in April 1918.