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	==Military career==		==Military career==
	Ward was born in 1840, the son of John Ward.<ref name=indianbio>{{cite book\|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary\|editor=C. Hayavando Rao\|publisher=Pillar & Co.\|location=Madras\|year=1915\|pages=458\|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_%281915%29/Ward,_Major-General_Francis_William\|accessdate=17 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was educated at the [[East India Company]]'s [[Addiscombe Military Seminary\|Military College at Addiscombe]] in 1856–7, before entering the [[Bengal Artillery]].<ref name=indianbio/> He then served during the [[Indian Mutiny of 1857\|Indian Mutiny]] of 1857.<ref name=indianbio/> He was appointed a [[Lieutenant]] in the Royal Bengal Artillery in 1862.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22621\|page=2232\|date=29 April 1862}}</ref>		Ward was born in 1840, the son of John Ward.<ref name=indianbio>{{cite book\|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary\|editor=C. Hayavando Rao\|publisher=Pillar & Co.\|location=Madras\|year=1915\|pages=458\|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_%281915%29/Ward,_Major-General_Francis_William\|accessdate=17 March 2010}}</ref> He was educated at the [[East India Company]]'s [[Addiscombe Military Seminary\|Military College at Addiscombe]] in 1856–7, before entering the [[Bengal Artillery]].<ref name=indianbio/> He then served during the [[Indian Mutiny of 1857\|Indian Mutiny]] of 1857.<ref name=indianbio/> He was appointed a [[Lieutenant]] in the Royal Bengal Artillery in 1862.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22621\|page=2232\|date=29 April 1862}}</ref>

	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.<ref name=indianbio/> He later became a [[Colonel]] on the Staff Commanding the Royal Artillery in the [[Punjab region\|Punjab]].<ref name=indianbio/> He rose through the officer ranks and became a [[major general]] in 1895.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26632\|page=3255\|date=7 June 1895}}</ref>		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.<ref name=indianbio/> He later became a [[Colonel]] on the Staff Commanding the Royal Artillery in the [[Punjab region\|Punjab]].<ref name=indianbio/> He rose through the officer ranks and became a [[major general]] in 1895.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=26632\|page=3255\|date=7 June 1895}}</ref>

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[[Major-General (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Francis William Ward''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (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.<ref name=indianbio>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary|editor=C. Hayavando Rao|publisher=Pillar & Co.|location=Madras|year=1915|pages=458|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary_%281915%29/Ward,_Major-General_Francis_William|accessdate=17 March 2022}}</ref> He was educated at the [[East India Company]]'s [[Addiscombe Military Seminary|Military College at Addiscombe]] in 1856–7, before entering the [[Bengal Artillery]].<ref name=indianbio/> He then served during the [[Indian Mutiny of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] of 1857.<ref name=indianbio/> He was appointed a [[Lieutenant]] in the Royal Bengal Artillery in 1862.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22621|page=2232|date=29 April 1862}}</ref>

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.<ref name=indianbio/> He later became a [[Colonel]] on the Staff Commanding the Royal Artillery in the [[Punjab region|Punjab]].<ref name=indianbio/> He rose through the officer ranks and became a [[major general]] in 1895.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26632|page=3255|date=7 June 1895}}</ref>

He was made [[Colonel Commandant]] of the [[Royal Artillery]] on 1 May 1902<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27439|page=3607|date=3 June 1902}}</ref> and then held the position of [[Master Gunner, St James's Park]] immediately after [[World War I]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |title=Royal Artillery at Regiments.org |accessdate=2010-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112133926/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm |archivedate=12 January 2008 }}</ref>

He died in 1919 in London, England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=cYCpwVcpDfAKclOogkNS9Q&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=16 March 2010|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref>

==Family==
He married Alice MacMullen, daughter of General S. F. MacMullen of the Bengal Cavalry in 1862.<ref name=indianbio/>

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