G. Ball
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 47337. Driver. R.F.A. (Royal Field Artillery.) Joined in Nov. Barrack St Class Dec.14. 181 Brigade R.F.A. B. Battery B. Sub. Sect. North Minden Barracks. Deepcut Hants. No News Apr. May 1916 in France. Is married & lives at 4 St James St. Oct. 92 Batt. R.F.A. 17 Brigade B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). Apr 1917 as above. Nov. 1917 as before Nov. 1918 as before.' (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