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Record #3696

Name :: : George Alfred BALL (1891 - 1917)
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Date of Birth: : May 1891
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 30 Oct 1917

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Northamptonshire, Northampton

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialFrance, Ypres

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 23 Jun 1906
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Siberian
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Middlemore

NotesA birth registration was found for George Alfred Ball: Year of Registration: 1891; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Northampton (1837-1923); County: Northamptonshire; Volume: 3b; Page: 111. (Parents: Alfred Ball and Sarah Ann Sargeant, married 1891, in Northampton.)

In 1901, George A. Ball, 9 years of age, was residing with his maternal grandparents, Ann Sargeant, 53, and Charles Sargeant, 51, a shoe and boot hand riveter, at 65 Wordsworth Road, South Leicester, Leicester formerly part of Knighton, Leicestershire, England. Also residing at the home was Bertha Sargeant, 15, hosiery hand. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 3002; Folio: 169; Page: 35.)

In 1906, George Ball, 15, arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, along with 159 children en route to the Middlemore Home in Halifax.

In 1911, George Ball, 20, is shown as a domestic / farm labourer for Nathaniel Price and family in St Marys, York, New Brunswick. His date of birth is shown as May 1891 and his immigration year as 1906.

On September 26, 1914, George Ball, 24, enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces (Service Number: 22544; Force: Army; Unit: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.); Citation: 1914-15 Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal.) He declared that he was born in Northampton, England; that his next of kin was his mother, Mrs. Sarah Ball, who resided at 5 Clark Street, Stratford, England; that he was born on May 20, 1890; that he was a farmer; that he was not married; and that he had previously served in the 71st York Regiment. He was described as 5 foot 4 inches in height; medium complexion; blue eyes; brown hair. He had distinguishing features of a mole on the back of his neck.

Private George Ball died on October 30, 1917 in Belgium in defence of the Ypres Salient. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, which is situated at the eastern side of the town of Ypres (now Ieper) in the Province of West Flanders. It bears the names of 55,000 men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War and carved in stone above the central arch are the words:

TO THE ARMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE WHO STOOD HERE FROM 1914 TO 1918 AND TO THOSE OF THEIR DEAD WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-23 20:32:31 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-18 13:51:14 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 29 Entries

ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3423	BALL, Albert Victor	1902	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
19553	BALL, Alice	1892	ENG,	May 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Annie Macpherson Homes
3422	BALL, Amelia	1900	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
6235	BALL, Amelia	1879	ENG,	May 1892 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22760	BALL, Arthur James	1913	ENG,	May 1924 : Franconia	CAN	Middlemore
24070	BALL, Daisy	1909	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12617	BALL, David	1879	ENG,	Oct 1896 : Scotsman	CAN	Barnardos
4038	BALL, Edward	1901	ENG, WAR, Aston	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
6278	BALL, Elizabeth	1899	ENG,	May 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Louisa Birt
9242	BALL, Elizabeth	1907	ENG,	Jun 1920 : Scotian	CAN	Barnardos
23925	BALL, Frank	1909	ENG,	May 1920 : Minnedosa	CAN	Middlemore
14741	BALL, Frederick Phillip	1878	ENG, MDX, London	May 1892 : Numidian	CAN	Childrens Aid Society
24071	BALL, George	1907	ENG,	Jun 1915 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3696	BALL, George Alfred	1891	ENG, NTH, Northampton	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
17945	BALL, George D	1896	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10456	BALL, George Ogilvie	1911	ENG,	Jul 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
8192	BALL, Harold	1914	ENG, , Cambourne	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
23372	BALL, Herbert	1907	ENG,	May 1920 : Minnedosa	CAN	Middlemore
23673	BALL, Irene	1912	ENG,	Sep 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
3324	BALL, Isabella	1896	ENG,	Aug 1910 : Corsican	CAN	Church of England
16076	BALL, James Arthur	1905	ENG, NTT, Sneinton	Apr 1922 : Canopic	CAN	Dakeyne Boys Farm
8193	BALL, John A	1913	IRL, ANT, Belfast	Sep 1928 : Antonia	CAN	National Childrens Home
24293	BALL, Lucy	1895		Apr 1906 : Friesland	CAN	Barnardos
10910	BALL, R	1872	ENG,	Apr 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23926	BALL, Sidney	1911	ENG,	May 1920 : Minnedosa	CAN	Middlemore
21931	BALL, Thomas Arthur	1891	ENG,	Oct 1904 : Corinthian	CAN	Quarriers
19593	BALL, William	1891	ENG,	May 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Annie Macpherson Homes
22836	BALL, William Charles	1908	ENG,	May 1923 : Canada	CAN	Waifs & Strays
17319	BALL, William D	1895	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 29 Entries

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