Edward Ward (soldier)
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Colonel Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Baronet (17 December 1853 - 11 September 1928) was a British army officer and military administrator. He was a notable reformer of army administration, improving efficiency of mobilization, medical services and supplies.
He married Florence Caroline Simons (1858-1934).
He was created knighted with a baronetcy, Ward Baronet, of Wilbraham Place, in 1914.
He died from ptomaine poisoning and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his eldest son, Captain Edward Simons Ward (1882-1930). Together with Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and Viscountess Ednam, he died when their airplane returning to London from Le Touquet exploded in midair at Meopham, Kent.
He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his younger brother, Melvill Willis Ward (1885-1973), as the 3rd Baronet. The title became extinct on his death.
