Private Edwin Vere Ball

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Ball, Edwin Vere

Date of birth: 1879-08-26

Place of birth: London

Next of kin: Wife: Mary Ball, 593 William Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): Street Railway Motorman

Address: 593 William Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1917-04-09

Cause of death: Killed in action

Buried: Vimy Memorial, N/A

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 700410

Highest Rank: Private (16th Battalion)

Rank detail

Private, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-11-28 to 1917-04-09
Private (Army). 1916-07-13 to 1916-11-28
Private (Army). 1915-12-23 to 1916-07-13

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Battle wounded/killed: This soldier was instantly killed by a piece of shell during the attack at Vimy Ridge

Images

700410, Edwin Vere Ball

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.

CWGC ID: 1564922

LAC ID: 22338

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B0391-S016

Uploader's Notes: Son of V. E. Ball, of 52, High Holborn, London, England; husband of May Ball, of 258 Oxford St., Winnipeg, Manitoba. Commemorated on pg 195 of the World War One Book of Remembrance

Uploader's Research notes:

Source: LAC files; See also Urquhart's "History of the 16th Battalion", Nominal Roll at pg 489

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 101st Battalion B Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 16th Battalion Joined the 16th Battalion at Comblain l'Abbe, France on December 06, 1916. Reported killed in action at Vimy Ridge on April 09, 1917. His body was not recovered. ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2014-05-30