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Frank Rollason was born at Ladywood, Birmingham and served in France with the 2/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment from 23 February 1915. Having been reported wounded on 26 July 1916, he was killed in action at Cambrai on 3 December 1917, almost certainly in the charge from the trenches at La Vacquerie: 'At dawn that day Colonel Coates decided to attack with two Companies in order to recover a line lost on the previous day. They advanced most gallantly, but all the Officers and NCO's were shot down and the few Privates who returned reported that the attack had been continued until practically all were casualties.'
Rollason is commemorated upon the Cambrai Memorial.
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