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Private WILLIAM FLEETWOOD BALL

Service Number: 43868
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY

II. B. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Fleetwood Ball, and Matilda Annie Ball; husband of Harriet Ball, of 7, Foxhill Bank Brow, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN STILL CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 636
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