Launcelot Ward

Who was Launcelot Ward?

Launcelot Edward Seth Ward CMG DSO was a career soldier who commanded the First Battalion of the King's African Rifles in the First World War in East Africa. He also played first-class cricket for Somerset between 1913 and 1920. He was born at Apsley, Hertfordshire and died at Lambeth, London.

In major cricket databases he is referred to as "Lancelot"; the death notice placed by his family and the obituary in The Times in 1929 both give his name as "Launcelot".