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Gunner WILLIAM FRANCIES BALL

Service Number: 71900
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

65th Bty. 28th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS

I. A. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Selina Ball, of 2, Prospect Place, Tredegar, Mon.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST IN A HERO'S GRAVE HE LIES EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY, THELUS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 508
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