Mexborough and Swinton Times June 9, 1917

Bombardier Frank Ward
Royal Field Artillery

100 Dolcliffe Road, Mexborough, is in a convalescent camp in France.

On April 27 he and several other men were buried in a gun pit by the effect of a shell explosion. Bombardier Ward was badly bruised and shocked, but escaped more lightly than several of his comrades.

He is 23 years of age and has been at the Front over two years.

He enlisted in September 1914 was formerly employed at Messrs Grocock’s Wagon Works Swinton. Before the war he had completed four years training with the Doncaster territorials.