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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Eric Harding Ward''', R.N. (24 July, 1888 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Eric Harding Ward''', R.N. (27 July, 1888 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Ward served in Durban and Capetown.
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Ward was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 4 March, 1941.
 
Ward was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 4 March, 1941.
  

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Commander (retired) Eric Harding Ward, R.N. (27 July, 1888 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Midhurst.

Ward was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1910.

Ward served in the R.I.M. troopship H.M.S. Hardinge from 6 August 1914 to 3 November, 1915 when he moved to the R.I.M. troopship H.M.S. Dufferin.

Ward was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1918.

Ward was placed on the Retired List at his own request with a gratuity on 17 January, 1920.

World War II

Ward served in Durban and Capetown.

Ward was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 4 March, 1941.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Captain of H.M.S. Gardenia
18 Feb, 1918[1] – May, 1919
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Norman B. F. Peploe
Captain of H.M.S. Druid
14 Jul, 1919[2] – 8 Aug, 1919
Succeeded by
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Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 799.
  2. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 780.