Alfred Job Ball
Memorial: Pilning
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 26206
Parents: Job and Martha Ball
Marital status: Single
Home address: Northwick Farm, Northwick, Pilning, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of birth: 1895
Place of birth: Winford, Somerset
Date of death: 14/06/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Marfaux British Cemetry, Marfaux, France
Age: 23
Further information:
Alfred Job Ball was the son of Job and Martha Ball, he was born in 1895 at Winford, Somerset. Job Ball was a farmer living with his wife Martha at Ridgehill, Winford, Long Ashton. They had four sons Charles (1890), Francis (1892), Alfred (1895) Frederick (1898) and a daughter Edith (1902). By the 1911 Census, they had moved to Northwick Farm, Northwick. Charles was no longer living with the family, Francis and Alfred were both working on the farm, Frederick and young Edith were at school
Alfred Ball enlisted with the 8th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He was Killed in Action in France near Bois-de-Courton on the 14th June 1918, he was 23 years old
Alfred's older brother Francis Henry Ball, is also commemorated on this memorial. There is a memorial in the church yard of St Thomas's Church, Northwick. Carved into the stonework is a rifle entwined with laurel leaves and ammunition bandoliers, also the regimental badge of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry. It is dedicated to Alfred and Francis Ball
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Publication: Village Heroes. Pilning and Severn Beach History Group: Nancy Vowles and Val George. Forces War Records