Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant F. C. Ward, 10th Hussars, late 18th Hussars, who was wounded during the Siege of Ladysmith on 6 January 1900

British War Medal 1914-20 (1611 Sjt. F. C. Ward. 10-Hrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (H-1611 Sjt: F. C. Ward. 10/Hrs:) very fine (2) £70-£90

Frederick Clement Ward was born in Huntingdon in 1878 and attested for the 18th Hussars at Canterbury on 5 August 1898, with service number 4737. He served with the 18th Hussars in South Africa during the Boer War as a Lance-Corporal, the 18th Hussars being one of the two regular cavalry units present. He was present at the Battle of Talana and was wounded at Ladysmith on 6 January 1900 during the Siege (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, and Orange Free State; and the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps).

Promoted Corporal on 31 March 1903, Ward transferred to the 10th Hussars on 20 November 1907, and was promoted Sergeant on 16 April 1909. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 18 October 1915 (entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio), and was attached to the Heavy Branch of the Machine Gun Corps in France from 31 May 1917. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 312 of 1917, and was discharged on 1 October 1919.