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Completed Samuel Ballard

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Private 8656 Samuel Ballard
Abt 1891- 7-11-1914 (22)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... ard-samuel

Dob abt 1891 Dudley

Baptism -

Parents Isaiah Ballard & Elizabeth ??

Possible Parents Marriage
Staffordshire Tipton St Paul
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 52
Marriage date 24 May 1886
Groom forename Isaiah
Groom surname BALLARD
Groom age 22
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Boat loader
Groom abode Bloomfield Road
Bride forename Elizabeth
Bride surname KEELING
Bride age 19
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Bloomfield Road
Groom father forename James
Groom father surname BALLARD
Groom father occupation Banksman
Bride father forename George
Bride father surname KEELING
Bride father occupation Labourer
Witness 1 Samuel EVANS
Witness 2 Eliza EVANS
Notes All parties sign by mark

1901 78 Albert Street, Coseley, Staffs. (This is just off High Street, Princes End)
Isaiah Ballard (37, Colliery Boat Loader, Widower, born Tipton), and his 5 children: James (13, born Gospel Oak), Samuel (11, born Gospel Oak), Elizabeth (10, born Gospel Oak), Mary A. (8, born Gospel Oak) & Isaiah (2, born Gospel Oak).

1911 Whittington Barracks, Whittington, Lichfield.
Samuel Ballard, 19, Single, Private in 2nd South Staffs, born Princes End, Staffs.

WW1 Records
Private 8656 Samuel Ballard
Killed in Action on Saturday, 7th November 1914, age 22.
Commemorated on Panel 35 and 37 of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
1st Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 22nd Brigade of 7th Division.
Son of the late Isaiah and the late Elizabeth Ballard.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Lichfield, Resident: Tipton.
First landed France & Flanders, 4th October 1914.
Medal entitlement: 1914 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 7-11-1914 (22) KIA Belgium

Burial Samuel Ballard has no known grave

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/926332/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109 ... el-ballard

Commemorated on Panel 35 and 37 of Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.

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Re: Samuel Ballard

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BALLARD, SAMUEL HEELING
GRO Reference: 1891 D Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 35
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Re: Samuel Ballard

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Thanks San

All added and completed

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