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Ball, John William
Rank : Lance Corporal
Army Number : 2132
Unit : 1/4th Bn
Biography :
Enlisted at Leicester. Home address given as Anstey. Served with the 1/4th Bn during World War One. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 3.7.1915, aged 24. He is buried at Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Zillebeke, Ieper, Belgium.
Further Info: His daughter was born in October 1915 and her middle name was Sanctuary after the place where he was buried.
CWGC:
BALL, JOHN
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 2132
Date of Death: 03/07/1915
Age: 24
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st/4th Bn.
Grave Reference: IV. T. 3.
Cemetery: SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY
Additional Information: Husband of Ethel Jane Challoner (formerly Ball), of 22, Church Lane, Anstey, Leicester. His brother Phillip also fell.
Date of Birth : April 1891
Place of Birth : Anstey, Leicestershire
Date of Death : 3.7.1915
Place of Death : Belgium
Period of Service : 1910s
Conflicts : WW1
Places Served : France and Flanders
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