Charles Ward (VC)

Charles Ward (VC)
Charles Ward
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Born 10 July 1877
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Died 30 December 1921 (aged 44)
Bridgend, Glamorgan
Buried at St Mary's Churchyard, Cardiff
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Rank Company Sergeant-Major
Unit The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Battles/wars Second Boer War
Awards Victoria Cross

Charles Burley Ward VC (10 July 187730 December 1921) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Ward was 22 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

On the 26th June, 1900, at Lindley, a picquet of the Yorkshire Light Infantry was surrounded on three sides by about 500 Boers, at close quarters. The two Officers were wounded and all but six of their men were killed or wounded. Private Ward then volunteered to take a message asking for reinforcements to the Signalling Station about 150 yards in the rear of the post. His offer was at first refused owing to the practical certainty of his being shot; but, on his insisting, he was allowed to go. He got across untouched through a storm of shots from each flank, and, having delivered his message, he voluntarily returned from a place of absolute safety, and recrossed the fire-swept ground to assure his Commanding Officer that the message had been sent. On this occasion he was severely wounded. But for this gallant action the post would certainly have been captured.[1]

Further information

Ward was the last winner of the VC to be decorated by Queen Victoria and later achieved the rank of company sergeant-major.

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, he died at Bridgend, Glamorgan and is buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Cardiff.

A (silent) movie interview with Pte Ward following his award of the VC was filmed by the Lancashire cinematographers Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon; sealed in steel barrels after their company went out of business in the 1920s, the 800 films of their archive were discovered during demolition work in 1994, and have now been restored by the British Film Institute.[2]

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: no. 27233. p. 5966. 28 September 1900. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  2. ^ Archive film details

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