BORN HULL 07/09/1883. SON OF WILLIAM BALL (1861-1945) ELLEN LEADHAM ROACH (1863-1938), OF 5 HARRY TERRACE, OXFORD STREET, HULL. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS AND FIVE SISTERS. WORKED AS A FISH DOCK LABOURER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 17/02/1904, HIS WIFE HARRIET ELLEN WOOLASS AND 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9 WELTON TERRACE, WASSAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE WORKED AS A FISHERMAN AND FISH DOCK LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. SERVED WITH THE 1ST CAMERONIAN HIGHLANDERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/09/1917, AGED 33. BURIED AT TYNE COT CEMETERY, BELGIUM.
HIS BROTHER LIVED AT 90 NEWSTED STREET, HULL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17/12/1917 & 04/01/1918.
HIS SON, JOHN RICHARD BALL, SERVED IN WORLD WAR 2 AND DIED AT SEA, ON 24/05/1943, AGED 43.
