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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	13 Oct 2006 12:54
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	I read in a book that a Private C Ward won a Victoria Cross on 26 June 1900 in the Boer war. My great grandfather was in that war at that time, his name was Charles Ward. How can I find out if this VC is his?
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,482 Send Message	MargaretM	Report	13 Oct 2006 13:03
	I googled Victoria Cross Charles Ward 1900 and came across this: Last winner of the VC to be decorated by Queen Victoria. He 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, Cardiff. A (silent) movie interview with Pte 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.
	Researching: Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	13 Oct 2006 13:17
Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 381 Send Message	dang not him :) Thaks for solving that margaret :)