Soldier Factfile

Name:  Private Tom Ball 1187

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Date of Birth:   September1888

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Address:  15, Middle Street, Leicester

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Parents Names:   Henry Ball (General Labourer) and Eliza

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Occupation before the war:  Rubber hand at Midland Railway Goods Shed

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Siblings Names:  

William Lee b 1872 (Step)  |  David Dunkley b 1891 (Step)  |  Fred Ball Lee b 1880 (Step)  |   William Dunkley b 1893 (Step)  |  George Lee b 1891  |  Caroline Dunkley b 1895 Step)

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Date Died:  1.5.1915

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Age:  24

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Place of Death:  Northern France

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Place of Burial/Memorial:

Plot 2, Row B, Grave 3, Le Treport Military Cemetery, N France

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Cause of death:  

Gunshot wound in back on 30.4.15.

Died 1.5.15

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Regiment:

4^th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment

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Medals:

1914 – 15 Star

British Medal

Victory Medal

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Any other information (e.g. Service Record/ appearance etc)

• Enlisted Leicester 1.6. 1910
• Spent first 4 years in U.K.
• Reengaged for 2 years on 1.6.1914
• Went to France on 2^nd March 1915, landing at Le Harve
• Married to Mabel by time he enlisted.
• Child Vera Ball, b 5^th February 1908, was awarded a pension after his death
• When died her address was given as 8, Corah Street, Dun’s Lane
• In 1919 Mabel had remarried and was Mrs Bent
• In 1916 Mabel was living at 16, Corah Street and Vera was living with her widowed grandfather (Henry Ball) at 48, Outram Street, Leicester