Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

A Sudan pair awarded to Private W. Ward, 21st Lancers, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3271. Pte. W. Ward. 21/L’crs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3271 Pte. J. Ward 21st. Lcrs.) contemporarily engraved in sans serif capitals, contact marks, suspension slightly loose on first and slack on second, therefore good fine and better

British War Medal 1914-20 (Deal 11953-S- Pte. J. W. Ward. R.M.) very fine (3) £1,600-£2,000

W. Ward served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of Captain W. M. Doyne’s “C” Squadron on 2 September 1898.