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Fred W. Ward
Best known for a detailed regimental history of the First Sportsman’s Battalion, this early 20th-century writer captured the experience of World War I service with a strong sense of comradeship and record-keeping. His work remains of interest to readers drawn to military history and firsthand-style accounts of the Great War.
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About the author
Fred W. Ward is credited as the author of The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman’s): A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914–1919, originally published in 1920. The book focuses on the formation, service, and wartime experience of a distinctive battalion, preserving its story in a full-length historical narrative.
Reliable biographical details about Ward himself are scarce in the sources I could confirm. Based on the surviving publication record, he is best remembered for documenting this unit’s service rather than for a widely recorded public literary career.
That gives his work a special appeal for audiobook listeners who enjoy military history: the emphasis is not on celebrity authorship, but on the effort to preserve the memory of a particular group of soldiers and their place in World War I.