General Sir Alfred Dudley Ward, GCB, KBE, DSO, (27 January 1905 – 28 December 1991), was a British Army officer during the Second World War and later Governor of Gibraltar. A General is an officer of high military rank. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... Flag of the Governor of Gibraltar The Governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdoms overseas territory of Gibraltar. ...

Educated at Wimborne Grammar School, Ward went on to serve in the army as an other rank for three years before entering Sandhurst Military Academy. He was commissioned into the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1929 and went on to the Staff College, Quetta in 1935 In 1937, Ward was promoted to captain and transferred to the King's Regiment (Liverpool). With the exception of his secondment to India for staff service in 1939, Ward remained in Britain during the initial period of the Second World War. Famous ex-residents Pope Joan Tim Berners Lee External links Census data Wimborne Minster Wimborne. ... The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer training centre. ... An officer is a member of a military or naval service who holds a position of responsibility. ... The Dorset Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Reforms In 1881, under Childers reforms, the continuation of Cardwells reforms, the army was further overhauled, with the regular, militia and volunteer battalions of the army being brought intor one structure, as well as being given connections with cities and counties. ...

He became brigadier-general staff in XI Corps in 1942 and subsequently took command of 231 Brigade. Ward became commander of 17 Brigade in October 1943, which he led in Italy. Given the acting rank of major-general, Ward took command of the 4th Infantry Division in April 1944. The division fought in the Battle of Monte Cassino the following month, during which it suffered heavy casualties attempting to establish a bridgehead over the Rapido river. His division later moved to Greece, where it was active against Communist partisans. This Second World War British Army unit was originally formed from the 1st Malta Brigade. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The British 4th Infantry Division served during World War II in France in 1940, North Africa and Italy. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Poland New Zealand India Free France Morocco Brazil and others Nazi Germany Commanders Harold Alexander Albert Kesselring Frido von Senger Strength 105,000 80,000 Casualties 54,000 20,000 The Battle of Monte Cassino (also known as the Battle for Rome and the Battle... Rapido is the name of passenger train service introduced by Canadian National Railway on October 31, 1965, between Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

After the war, Ward was promoted to substantive major-general and appointed in quick succession as Director of Military Operations at the War Office and commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, in 1947 and 1948 respectively. He assumed command of I Corps in Germany before returning to Britain in 1953 as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Ward returned to Germany in 1957 as Commander-in-Chief of Northern Army Group and the British Army of the Rhine. From 1959 to 1962, he served as Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II and Commander-in-Chief, Near East Command. Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... The British I Corps has a long history, and was in existence as an active formation in the British Army for longer than any other corps. ... Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) was the title of the professional head of the British Army from 1908 to 1964. ... There have been two formations named British Army on the Rhine (BAOR). ... An aide-de-camp (French: camp assistant) is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

He became Governor and Commander-in-Chief Gibraltar in 1962, where he presided over the introduction of the 1964 constitution. The Dudley Ward Tunnel is named in his honour. Ward retired from the army in 1965 and subsequently devoted himself to serving as Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk until 1984. The Dudley Ward Tunnel is a road tunnel through the south-eastern part of the Rock of Gibraltar. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ...

Following convention for retired senior officers, Ward maintained links with the British Army through the honorary positions of Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Colonel of the King's Regiment. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as Reemee) is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment. ...

References

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• Smart, Nick (2005), Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Leo Cooper Ltd ISBN 1-84415-049-6
• The London Gazette (PDF), 7 February 1939, p30
• The London Gazette (PDF) 13 June 1947, p1
• The London Gazette (PDF), 5 November 1965, p1