Alfred was born in 1888. He is the son of William Ball and Bertha Damerell. [1]
1891 census: Barrack Street, Dodbrooke, Devon, England [2]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
William J Ball | Head | Married | M | 31 | General Labourer | Devonshire, England |
Birtha Ball | Wife | Married | F | 32 | Devonshire, England | |
Clara E Ball | Daughter | F | 10 | Scholar | Devonshire, England | |
Florence A Ball | Daughter | F | 8 | Scholar | Hampshire, England | |
Ernest H Ball | Son | M | 6 | Scholar | Hampshire, England | |
Francis G Ball | Son | M | 3 | Devonshire, England | ||
Alfred E Ball | Son | M | 2 | Dodbrooke, Devonshire, England | ||
Frederick J Ball | Son | M | 0 | Devonshire, England |
1901 census: Devon Square, Kingsbridge, Devon, England [3]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
William J Ball | Head | Married | M | 41 | General Labourer | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
Bertha Ball | Wife | Married | F | 42 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Francis J Ball | Son | Single | M | 13 | Charleton, Devonshire | |
Alfred E Ball | Son | Single | M | 12 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Frederick J Ball | Son | Single | M | 10 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Edith M Ball | Daughter | Single | F | 7 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Walter H Ball | Son | Single | M | 5 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
William H Ball | Son | Single | M | 3 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Wilfred N Ball | Son | Single | M | 2 | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
1911 census: 7 Devon Square, Kingsbridge, Devon, England [4]
Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John Ball | Head | Widowed | M | 51 | General Labourer | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
Harry Ball | Son | Single | M | 27 | Part Boy Livery Stables | Southampton, Hampshire |
Eli Ball | Son | Single | M | 22 | General Labourer | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
Walter Ball | Son | Single | M | 16 | Malster Labourer | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
Hubert Ball | Son | M | 13 | School | Kingsbridge, Devonshire | |
Wilfred Ball | Son | M | 12 | School | Kingsbridge, Devonshire |
He passed away in 1915.
Text from War Graves Commission site:
In Memory of Private Eli Ball 8th Bn., Devonshire Regiment who died aged 26 on Saturday, 25th September 1915 Private Ball was the son of William John Ball of 2, Brooke Cottage, Kingsbridge. His brother Walter also fell. Remembered with honour.
LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France In the perpetual care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission [5]
23 September 2014: His name was read out on the 'Roll of Honour' for 'The Tower Remembers'.
Reader: Yeoman Warder RF
Last Post: Drummer McK
A long list of names was read out, including (at about 15 minutes)
Then came the verse from the poem by Laurence Binyon 'For the Fallen':
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Then the Last Post was played. [6]
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