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| '''Launcelot Edward Seth Ward''' ] ] (7 August 1875 – 27 August 1929) was a career soldier who commanded the First Battalion of the ] in the ] in East Africa. He also played ] ] for ] between 1913 and 1920.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3876/3876.html| title = Lancelot Ward | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate =25 May 2011}}</ref> He was born at ], ] and died at ], ]. | '''Launcelot Edward Seth Ward''' ] ] (7 August 1875 – 27 August 1929) was a career soldier who commanded the First Battalion of the ] in the ] in East Africa. He also played ] ] for ] between 1913 and 1920.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3876/3876.html| title = Lancelot Ward | publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate =25 May 2011}}</ref> He was born at ], ] and died at ], ]. | ||
| In major cricket databases he is referred to as "Lancelot"; the death notice placed by his family and the obituary in '']'' in 1929 both give his name as "Launcelot". | In major cricket databases he is referred to as "Lancelot"; the death notice placed by his family and the obituary in '']'' in 1929 both give his name as "Launcelot".<ref>{{cite news| title = Deaths | newspaper = The Times |issue = 45294 | page = 1 | location = London | date = 29 August 1929}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Lieut.-Col. L. E. Seth Ward | newspaper = The Times |issue = 45294 | page = 14 | location = London | date = 29 August 1929}}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Launcelot Edward Seth Ward CMG DSO (7 August 1875 – 27 August 1929) 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".
References
- "Lancelot Ward". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- "Deaths". The Times. No. 45294. London. 29 August 1929. p. 1.
- "Lieut.-Col. L. E. Seth Ward". The Times. No. 45294. London. 29 August 1929. p. 14.