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Pte. Albert Charles Ball
British Army 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
from:Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
(d.10th Nov 1917)
Private Albert Charles Ball served with the Notts and Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters). Albert was born in 1892 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of Alfred Ball and Mary Ann Samworth. He had five brothers and four sisters. His brother Percy Ball also served in the Notts & Derby Regiment but was lucky and survived the war.
Albert was injured in the Battle of Passchendaele. He died of his wounds on the 10th November 1917, aged 25 years, and was laid to rest at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.