Richard Ball
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 18499. Driver. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery). Barrrack St. Class & Club. Enlisted early. Reported Oct. Discharged in Nov. on account of health Rejoined in Summer & said to be on way to Dardanelles Aug. 10 Transferred to. R.F.A. Aug. 25 Address Nov.26. No 1 Sect. DAC? (Divisional Ammunition Column) 30 Division R.F.A. Brit. Med. Force G.P.O. London Address Nov.29. No.1 Sect. D.A.C. ? 30 Division R.F.A. Brit. Med. Force G.P.O London Address Nov.29. No.1 Sect. D.A.C.? 30 Division R.F.A. Bitish Med. Force G.P.O. London. No news for many weeks. Apr. 1916 Nov./16 No.3 Sect. 30 D.A.C. R.F.A. France Apr.1917 as above. Nov. 1917 51 Reserve Battery B.E.F (British Expeditionary Force). Nov.1918 30 Div. Amm. Col. BEF.' (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/1)
External sources: 22 Barrack Street