Ward was the last recipient of the VC to be decorated by Queen Victoria and later achieved the rank of
company sergeant major. Born in
Leeds,
Yorkshire, he died at
Bridgend,
Glamorgan and is buried in
St Mary's Churchyard, Whitchurch,
Cardiff. A (silent) movie interview with Ward following his award of the VC was filmed by the Lancashire cinematographers
Sagar Mitchell and
James Kenyon; sealed in steel barrels after their company went out of business in the 1920s, the 800 films of their archive were discovered during demolition work in 1994, and have now been restored by the
British Film Institute. ==References==