Private Leonard Ball

Army Number: 31476

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived in Nottingham. Son of Clara Ball. He enlisted at Nottingham and was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated : Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Leonard Ball is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. Bartholomew’s Church Roll of Honour (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.