Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (139411 George Ward, Ch. Yeo. Of Sigs. H.M.S. Cormorant.) good very fine £50-£60

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2010.

George Ward was born in Battersea, Surrey, on 20 September 1871. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 November 1886 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in December 1887. Appointed a Signalman in September 1889 when on Reindeer, Ward was promoted to Leading Signalman when based at Vivid I in June 1896. He was re-rated as a Yeoman Signaller 2nd Class in February 1897 when on Hibernia and was promoted to Yeoman of Signals in January 1899 when on the same ship. He attained the rank of Chief Yeoman of Signals in October 1903 when on Impregnable. Awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. whilst serving on the Cormorant, September 1906-October 1908.

Chief Yeoman of Signals Ward died of heart failure whilst serving with the boys training ship Impregnable, 8 February 1910.