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Walter Harold Ball (1896 - 1917)

Serjeant Walter Harold Ball
Born in Kingsbridge, Devon, Englandmap
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Died at about age 21 in Arras, Francemap
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Biography

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Walter was born in 1896. [1] He is the son of William Ball and Bertha Damerell.

1901 census: Devon Square, Kingsbridge, Devon, England [2]

Name Relation Status Sex Age Occupation Birth Place
William J Ball Head Married M 41 General Labourer Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Bertha Ball Wife Married F 42 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Francis J Ball Son Single M 13 Charleton, Devonshire
Alfred E Ball Son Single M 12 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Frederick J Ball Son Single M 10 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Edith M Ball Daughter Single F 7 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Walter H Ball Son Single M 5 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
William H Ball Son Single M 3 Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Wilfred N Ball Son Single M 2 Kingsbridge, Devonshire

1911 census: 7 Devon Square, Kingsbridge, Devon, England [3]

Name Relation Status Sex Age Occupation Birth Place
John Ball Head Widowed M 51 General Labourer Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Harry Ball Son Single M 27 Post Boy Livery Stables Southampton, Hampshire
Eli Ball Son Single M 22 General Labourer Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Walter Ball Son Single M 16 Malster Labourer Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Hubert Ball Son M 13 School Kingsbridge, Devonshire
Wilfred Ball Son M 12 School Kingsbridge, Devonshire

Walter served in the 211 Regiment, 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in the First World War. [4]

He passed away in 1917, age 24.

Arras (war) memorial War Graves Commission inscription reads: In Memory of Serjeant Walter Harold Ball MM 9th Bn., Royal Fusiliers who died aged 24 on Thursday, 3rd May 1917. Serjeant BALL was the son of William John and Bertha Ball of 2, Brook Cottages, Kingsbridge, Devon. Remembered with honour ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. In the perpetual care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission [5]

23 September 2014: His name was read out on the 'Roll of Honour' for 'The Tower Remembers'.
Reader: Yeoman Warder RF
Last Post: Drummer McK
A long list of names was read out, including (at about 15 minutes)

Then came the verse from the poem by Laurence Binyon 'For the Fallen':
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Then the Last Post was played. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ England & Wales birth registration: Kingsbridge [district], Volume 5b, Page 179, September quarter 1895, mother's maiden name DAMARELL
  2. ↑ 1901 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1901"
    Citing West Alvington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
    FamilySearch (accessed 14 November 2021)
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    Walter H Ball (5), single son in household of William J Ball (41) in Kingsbridge registration district. Born in Kingsbridge, Devonshire.
  3. ↑ 1911 Census: "England and Wales Census, 1911"
    Citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
    FamilySearch (accessed 14 November 2021)
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    Walter Ball (16), single son in household of John Ball (51) in Kingsbridge registration district. Born in Kingsbridge, Devonshire.
  4. ↑ "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBL-1R73 : 16 March 2018), Walter Harold Ball, 1914; citing , Devon, England, Royal Fusiliers, regiment #211, publication WO 363, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,292,216.
  5. ↑ Death information from Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  6. ↑ Personal knowledge of Ros Haywood

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  • Entered by Ros Haywood, Jul 18, 2011

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