Remembering Today Casualty Details | CWGC BALL, EDWARD RALPH Rank: Captain Service No: 161861 Awards: M C Regiment/Service: General List Date of Death: 15/07/1941 Age: 49 Cemetery: CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY Grave Reference: K. 72. Location: Egypt Additional Information: Son of Edward Charles and Susannah Jane Ball; husband of Lilian May Ball, of Romford, Essex. Personal Inscription: I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH
16 Nov 1918 The Field Marshal Commanding -in-Chief under authority granted by His Majesty the King, awards the following: The Distinguished Service Order:- Lt. Col. A.N. Hingley M.C. The Military Cross:- 2/Lt J.W. Reid 2/Lt E.R. Ball http://13thmiddlesexww1.wordpress.com/home/november-1918/
Personal Number: 161861 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Edward Ralph BALL, MC Unit: Middlesex Regiment; General List London Gazette : 29 June 1917 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30157/supplement/6495/data.pdf REGULAR FORCES. The undermentioned cadets to be temp. 2nd Lts. (attd.). 30 May 1917:— INFANTRY. Midd'x R.— Edward Ralph Ball. London Gazette : 27 October 1917 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30354/supplement/11101/data.pdf The undermentioned temp. 2nd L ts., from attd., unless otherwise stated, are transferred to Serv. Bns., with seniority from 30 May 1917:— Midd'x R.— E. R. Ball. London Gazette: 15 February 1919 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31183/supplement/2372/data.pdf AWARDED THE MILITARY .CROSS. T./2nd'Lt. Edward Ralph Ball, 13th Bn., Midd'x R. London Gazette: 20 January 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35046/supplement/398/data.pdf GENERAL LIST. The undermentioned Lts. to be Lts.: 27th Dec. 1940: — Edward Ralph BALL, M.C. (161861).