{"id":4801,"date":"2023-08-19T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T11:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=4801"},"modified":"2023-08-19T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T11:07:23","slug":"ball-h-v-pte-3-5643-duke-of-cornwalls-light-infantry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2023\/08\/19\/ball-h-v-pte-3-5643-duke-of-cornwalls-light-infantry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball H V Pte 3\/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall&#8217;s Light Infantry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4802\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ball-H-Pte-Duke-Of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-Of-Dubbers-The-Vivid-24th-April-1915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4802\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4802\" src=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ball-H-Pte-Duke-Of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-Of-Dubbers-The-Vivid-24th-April-1915-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ball-H-Pte-Duke-Of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-Of-Dubbers-The-Vivid-24th-April-1915-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Ball-H-Pte-Duke-Of-Cornwalls-Light-Infantry-Of-Dubbers-The-Vivid-24th-April-1915.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ball H Pte Duke Of Cornwall&#8217;s Light Infantry<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ball Harold Vanderbilt Pte 3\/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall&#8217;s Light Infantry<\/p>\n<p>Of Dubbers (Dubbers Pit Near Karslake, Cornwall)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source : The Vivid 24th Apr 1915<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Born 25th Dec 1898 (DOB on enlistment given as 1896) Parents Samuel and Mary Ball<\/p>\n<p>Enlisted 28th Aug 1914 Age 15<\/p>\n<p>To France 16th Dec 1914<\/p>\n<p>Wounded\u00a0 (Report Date 23rd\u00a0 Nov 1915)<\/p>\n<p>Gun Shot Wound Left Leg, Compound Fracture Left Femur<\/p>\n<p>Gun Shot Wound Left Fore Arm<\/p>\n<p>Entitled to wear a Wound Stripe.<\/p>\n<p>Awarded Silver War Badge No 163059<\/p>\n<p>Discharged 23rd Apr 1917<\/p>\n<p>Address 4, Stephen&#8217;s Row, Mt Charles, St Austell, Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>Married Dorothy C A Stark Redruth, Cornwall Jan 1919<\/p>\n<p>Died 23rd July 1970<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball Harold Vanderbilt Pte 3\/5643 6th Duke Of Cornwall&#8217;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\u00a0 (Report Date 23rd\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duke-of-cornwalls-light-infantry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4801"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4806,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4801\/revisions\/4806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}