Ball H V Pte 3/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Ball H Pte Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Ball Harold Vanderbilt Pte 3/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Of Dubbers (Dubbers Pit Near Karslake, Cornwall)

Source : The Vivid 24th Apr 1915

Born 25th Dec 1898 (DOB on enlistment given as 1896) Parents Samuel and Mary Ball

Enlisted 28th Aug 1914 Age 15

To France 16th Dec 1914

Wounded  (Report Date 23rd  Nov 1915)

Gun Shot Wound Left Leg, Compound Fracture Left Femur

Gun Shot Wound Left Fore Arm

Entitled to wear a Wound Stripe.

Awarded Silver War Badge No 163059

Discharged 23rd Apr 1917

Address 4, Stephen’s Row, Mt Charles, St Austell, Cornwall.

Married Dorothy C A Stark Redruth, Cornwall Jan 1919

Died 23rd July 1970

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