Courtesy of a source who shall remain anonymous, I have a portrait of William Ward. Local readers may well have learnt from perusing this site he was born in St. Albans in 1867 but lived in Luton for almost all of the first three decades of his life. He went on to champion the Atheneum club in London and the City of London club itself. He finished joint 2nd in the British Championships twice, and represented Great Britain in the Anglo-American cable matches long before we all had a plethora of expensive electronic devices at our disposal. Should you wish to know more about him, then by all means find the Bedfordshire Chess and Chess History categories, which is where he hangs out or alternatively click here.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=19561

Mr. William Ward
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