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13 January 2021

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№ 305

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£340

Three: Second Lieutenant W. L. Ball, Northumberland Fusiliers, late Warrant Officer Class II, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers on the Western Front, 5 November 1918

1914-15 Star (14476 Sjt W. Ball. Ox: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. W. L. Ball); Memorial Plaque (William Linnington Ball) plaque polished, generally good very fine (4) £260-£300

William Linnington Ball was born in Oxford, and was the son of T. L. Ball. He served during the Great War with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in the French theatre of war from 18 September 1915. Ball advanced to Acting Warrant Officer II before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1917.

Second Lieutenant Ball was killed in action whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, on the Western Front, 5 November 1918, and is buried in the Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, Nord, France.