Private George Ball

Army Number: 16194

Battalion: 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Son of Francis and Eliza Ball, of 7 Hardwick Street, Tibshelf. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting at Chesterfield. He went to France on 27th August 1915 and was killed in action, 25th September 1915, during the German attack at Noreuil, France.

Buried X Farm Cemetery, La Chapelle-D’armentières, France. Row D. Grave 7.

Private George Ball is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
St. John the Baptist Church War Memorial, Tibshelf, Derbyshire.