Philip Ward
Sir Philip Ward | |
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Born | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | 10 July 1924
Early life
Philip Ward was the son of G. W. N. Ward and was educated at
Post-war and Gulf diplomacy
Much of Ward's service after the Second World War was concerned with the exacting demands of military ceremonial at the unit and, later, at the state level. He was adjutant of the Eaton Hall Infantry Officer Cadet School, 1950–52, and of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1960–62, before being appointed Brigade Major of the Household Division and London District in 1962. In the latter assignment, he was responsible for orchestrating all ceremonial events in which the Household Cavalry and Foot Guards were involved, from the annual Trooping the Colour on the official birthday of the Queen down to the almost weekly guards of honour for visiting foreign dignitaries.
After commanding the 1st Welsh Guards
Ward was appointed a
Later life and positions
On leaving the army in 1979, Ward became a Communar of
Ward was high sheriff of West Sussex (1985–86), and a deputy lieutenant from 1981. Thereafter he was lord-lieutenant of West Sussex (1994–99), having been vice lord-lieutenant of the county from 1990 to 1994.[2] Ward was president of the South of England Agricultural Society (1994–95), Governor of the Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade (1979–86), and Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Trust in 1995. Ward was president of the D-Day and Normandy Fellowship from 1990 to 2001. In 1993, he laid the foundation stone for new site of Tanbridge House School in Horsham.
Personal life
Ward married Pamela Ann Glennie in 1948. She survived him with their two sons and two daughters.[2]