Balls, Arthur William

BORN NORFOLK 1881. MOTHER MARY ANN BALLS OF YARMOUTH. MARRIED 13/04/1898. WIFE ADA (SWALES) BALLS (BORN 18/8/1873) OF 42, MIDDLETON STREET, HULL. LOST AT SEA. DETAILS AND ADDRESS FROM CWGC RECORDS. HE LEFT FOUR CHILDREN, EVA, EDGAR, EDITH AND ELSIE (WAR PENSION RECORDS).
Nadine, built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan in 1898 and operated at the time of her loss by Royal Navy, was a British navy trawler of 150 tons.On September 1st, 1915, Nadine was sunk by a mine from the German submarine UC-7 (Franz Wäger), off the North Shipwash Buoy, Thames Estuary. 9 persons were lost. PEOPLE ON BOARD HMT ‘NADINE’
1. AMIS, JOHN JAMES (36), Second Hand (no. 1444SA), HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Son of John and Mary Ann Amis, of Bradwell, Great Yarmouth; husband of Elizabeth Charlotte Amis, of 82, Suffield Rd., Gorleston, Great Yarmouth,
2. BALLS, ARTHUR WILLIAM (45), Engineman (no. 1049/ES), HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Son of Mary Ann Balls, of Yarmouth; husband of Ada Balls, of 42, Middleton St., Spring Bank, Hull, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
3. FISH, WILLIAM (47), Engineman (no. 1053ES), HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Husband of Mary Ellen Fish, of 22, Hope St., Cleethorpes, Lincs,
4. FITZGERALD, PATRICK (20), Seaman (no. 5697A), HMT Nadine, Son of Bridget Fitzgerald, of Old Head, Kinsale, Co. Cork, and the late Maurice Fitzgerald,
5. FRANCIS, HENRY (18), Deck Hand (no. 1946DA), HMT Nadine, Son of W. R. Francis, of 9, Collins Buildings, Back of John St., Grimsby, and the late Mrs. Francis,
6. JOHNSON, JOHN FREDERICK (21), Deck Hand (no. 5063DA), HMT Nadine, Son of John and Caroline Johnson, of The Warren, Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Memorial:
7. SAUNDERS, PERCY MICHAEL , Skipper, HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
8. SHILLITO, ERNEST SAUNDERS (37), Trimmer (no. 914TS), HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Son of David and Henrietta Shillito, of Hull husband of Ellen Shillito, of 2, Back, 124 Burgess St., Grimsby, Memorial: Chatham Naval Memorial
9. STATHERS, WALTER , Deck Hand (no. 361DA), HMT Nadine, Royal Naval Reserve, †01/09/1915, Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial