Sir Philip Ward | |
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Born | Caterham, Surrey, England[1] | 10 July 1924
Died | 6 January 2003 | (aged 78)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1943–1979 |
Rank | Major General |
Service number | 293484 |
Unit | Welsh Guards |
Commands | London District Household Division Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
Battles/wars | Second World War Operation Banner |
Awards | Knight 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.