Watercolourist, draughtsman, printmaker and teacher, notable for his dour urban landscapes and pictures of ships and the sea, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, married to the sculptor Joan Ward. Bill Ward, as he was known, served at sea in the late 1930s. He studied part-time with Eric Jones in Sheffield, 1937–9, then after World War II military service was at Royal College of Art, 1946–50, winning a Silver Medal in 1949, teachers including Malcolm Osborne and Robert Sargent Austin. Taught at Harrow College of Higher Education, 1950–80, finally as principal lecturer, director of illustration. Was made a member of RE in 1953 and RWS in 1957. Was included in A Survey of Influential East Anglian Artists, Chappel Galleries, Chappel, 1991; a solo show at Chappel in 1995 reviewed five decades of Ward’s output.