BALL, Sydney Alonso
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BALL , Sidney Alonso
Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
917356
Birthplace:
Willington, Bedford
Died :
Sunday, December 6, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
32
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Gunner Ball from Luton was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations at Bizerte, Tunisia, later presumed killed in action. He has no known grave. Son of Ernest and Alice Ball; husband of Freda Evelyn Ball, of Luton, Bedfordshire.
Before the war Gunner Ball was employed at Vauxhall Motors in Luton and is remembered on the Vauxhall Motors Ltd War Memorial in Luton.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/55 (1942) and WO417/75 (1944).
RA (Other Ranks) Casualty Card.
RA Attestations Register 1939.
IWM War Memorials Register ref 7579 / https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/7579.
The Biggleswade Chronicle and Bedfordshire Gazette 8 Jan 1943 page 4 (first name spelt Sidney).
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