Albert Ball is a well-remembered soldier and airman from WW1. His story is all over the Internet. However, his bust is in the grounds of...
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Albert Ball
Private
Service No. 2599
Age 19
Died on 1 July 1916
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France
Son of Samuel and Harriett Ball, of 18, Wordsworth Rd., Radford, Nottingham.
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Legendary figure from Nottingham who gave his young life heroically.
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Albert, O valiant heart, who to your glory came ….. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
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Albert, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalion...
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