Francis Ward (British Army Officer)
Major-General Francis William Ward (1840–1919) was Master Gunner, St James's Park, the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Monarch, Sovereign. Military career Ward was born in 1840, the son of John Ward. He was educated at the East India Company's Addiscombe Military Seminary, Military College at Addiscombe in 1856–7, before entering the Bengal Artillery. He then served during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Indian Mutiny of 1857. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Bengal Artillery in 1862. He served on the North-West Frontier (military history), North West Frontier from 1863 to 1864 and took part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1879 to 1880. He later became a Colonel on the Staff Commanding the Royal Artillery in the Punjab region, Punjab. He rose through the officer ranks and became a major general in 1895. He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery on 1 May 1902 and then held the position of Master Gunner, St James's Park Th ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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