Four: Petty Officer R. K. Ward, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (207672, R. K. Ward. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (207672 R. K. Ward. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (207672 R. K. Ward. P.O. H.M.S. Thunderer.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Rowland Keys Ward was born in Plymouth on 2 June 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in April 1903. He was advanced Petty Officer on 1 May 1915, and served throughout the entire Great War in H.M.S. Thunderer. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 August 1917, and was shore pensioned on 1 June 1924.