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Private GEORGE HERBERT BALL

Service Number: 26008
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

VII. E. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (122403) 31st Labour Group, H.Q. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Ann Ball, of Portland Towers, Stoneygate, Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription IN FONDEST MEMORY FROM MOTHER, FATHER AND BILLY
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Buried or commemorated at

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1820
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