| Ford | Reginald | | 2nd Lieutenant | Died of enteric at Ventersdorp, May 27th, 1901. He was elder son of Lieutenant Colonel A E Ford, formerly of the North Somerset Yeomanry, and grandson of James Ford of Bristol, was 21 years of age, and educated at the United Services College, Westward Ho. He joined the Imperial Yeomanry in 1900, and obtained his commission in the Army Service Corps, March 1901. His name was inscribed on a tablet erected at the United Services College, Westward Ho in memory of the old pupils who fell in the war.
Source: Donner | Army Service Corps |
| Ford | Reginald | | Captain | FORD, REGINALD, Captain, was born 7 December 1868, son of Reverend C H Ford, of Bishopton. He entered the Royal Marines 1 February 1889; became Lieutenant, Army Service Corps, 15 January 1893, and Captain 1 July 1896. He served in the South African War, 1899-1900, in charge of Supply Park 24 March 1900 to 31 August 1901; and was present at operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg (17 to 26 February) and action at Driefontein; operations in the Transvaal, May to June, 1900, including action near Johannesburg; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to November 1900, including action at Belfast (26 to 27 August). He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 February and 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with six clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette 27 September 1901]: "Reginald Ford, Captain, Army Service Corps. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 29 October 1901. He was promoted to Major 1 April, 1903; was Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, 1st Army Corps, 14 October 1903 to 31 May 1905, and Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, Aldershot Army Corps, 1 June 1905 to 13 October 1906; was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 27 October 1911. He served in the European War, from 5 August 1914 to 1 November 1914, as Assistant Director of Supplies, British Expeditionary Force; from 2 November 1914 to 28 August 1915, as Deputy Director of Supplies, BEF; from 29 August 1915 to 3 November 1915, as DA and QMG, 11th Army Corps, BEF. He became Colonel 27 October 1915; was Director of Supplies and Transport, Levant Base, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 4 November 1915 to 14 March, 1916; DAQMG, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and British Armies in France, 28 March 1916 to 28 October 1916; DAQMG, Headquarters, British Armies in France, 30 October 1916. He was promoted to Major General 3 June, 1918; for his services in the Great War was mentioned in Despatches, created a CMG in 1915, a CB in 1917, and a KCMG in 1919. Sir Reginald Ford married, in 1894, Alice Hope, daughter of Major General Balmain and widow of E H Lockley, of The Grange, Chobham, Surrey.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Army Service Corps |
