David Ward

David Ward CBE (3 July 1922 – 16 July 1983) was a Scottish Operatic bass.

Ward was born on 3 July 1922 in Dumbarton, Scotland. During World War II he was in the Royal Navy, and trained at the Royal College of Music under Clive Carey from between 1950 and 1952.

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 29 May 1967, and was made a Commander of the Order of the Briti… More