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Private A BALL

Service Number: 30136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 December 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. C. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ball, of Earl Shilton, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD AND LET THY PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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