| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in the Pioneer Corps, transferred to CMP. He was born and resided in Nottingham and formerly served in the Pioneer Corps. 26 Company TC War Diary WO 171/7789. 27/12/1944, one other rank admitted to hospital after a traffic accident, died 28/12/1944. 30/12/1944 funeral of No. 13049538 Cpl. Ball L J at St John's Cemetery, Kortrijk. 28/1/1945 court of enquiry into circumstances in which WD BSA 500 motorcycle was damaged beyond repair on 27/12/1944 (case of Cpl Ball, deceased).
Casualty List 1649, Western Europe, died as a result of an accident, 26/12/1944. Inscription on gravestone: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Timothy IV 7. His original gravestone had the cap badge of the Royal Engineers on it, this has now been replaced with the CMP Cap Badge in 2006.
Leslie James Ball. |
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