This included Operation Goodwood – the start of the breakout from the eastern end of the Normandy Bridgehead – the subsequent fighting in the countryside of the bocage and the armoured dash to Brussels.
Much of Ward's service after the Second World War was concerned with the exacting demands of military ceremonial at the unit and, later, at the state level.
He was adjutant of the Eaton Hall Infantry Officer Cadet School, 1950–52, and of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1960–62, before being appointed Brigade Major of the Household Division and London District in 1962.
The abandonment of Aden and the Protectorate sheikhs caused the Gulf State rulers to look to their own guarantees from Britain and – especially those newly rich with oil – to greater independence in their foreign affairs.
[2] On leaving the army in 1979, Ward became a Communar of Chichester Cathedral (1980–83),[2] and a director of a wide range of companies.
Not reassured by his companion's reply, he remarked: "Well if we are, I shall ask the judge to send us to Ford Open Prison where I believe there is an excellent library.