Philip Ward

Sir Philip Ward
Born(1924-07-10)10 July 1924
Caterham, Surrey, England[1]
Died6 January 2003(2003-01-06) (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1943–1979
RankMajor General
Service number293484
UnitWelsh Guards
CommandsLondon District
Household Division
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Battles/warsSecond World War
Operation Banner
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Sir Philip John Newling Ward, KCVO, CBE (10 July 1924 – 6 January 2003) was a senior British Army officer who, as Commander Land Forces, Gulf, oversaw Britain's withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in the 1970s. Ward served as high sheriff of West Sussex (1985–86), and a deputy lieutenant from 1981. Thereafter, he was Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex (1994–99), having been Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the county from 1990 to 1994.

  1. ^ "Major-General Sir Philip Ward". 5 February 2003.