Lance Corporal James Ball

Army Number: 13756

Battalion: 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Ripley, Derbyshire and lived at Outram Street, Ripley. Son of James Richard and Elizabeth Ball, of Ripley. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting on 31st August 1914 into the 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment at Derby. He was posted 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment and went to France 2nd May 1915. He was appointed Lance Corporal on 5th July 1916. He died of wounds on 5th March 1917.

Buried  Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Plot 3. Row D. Grave 18.

Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.
Lance Corporal James Ball grave

Lance Corporal James Ball is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
All Saints Church War Memorial, Ripley, Derbyshire.