Lance Corporal John Ball, 351925
- Batt - 9
- Unit - Royal Scots
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1897
- Died - 20/09/1917
- Age - 21
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of John Ball a Shoe Pressman, born 1858 in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire and his wife Lucy, born 1860 in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. John was a Shoe Clicker and was born in 1897 in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, his siblings were Ethel, born 1892, George, born 1894 and Sidney, born 1895, all his siblings were born in Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. In April 1911 the family home was at 8, Gee's Row, High Street, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire. His elder brother Sidney also fell.
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Ii A 28, Gwalia Cemetery
- Unit - Royal Scots
- Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Gwalia Cem., Poperinghe, Belgium
- Born - Earl Shilton, Leics
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - 8 Gees Row, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - EARL SHILTON MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - SS. SIMON & JUDE'S CHURCH, EARL SHILTON, LEICS
