Frederick Leonard – Balls – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 03/07/1916

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Title

Frederick Leonard – Balls – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 03/07/1916

Initials / forenames

Frederick Leonard

Surname

Balls

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Battalion

Military rank

Private

Military number

G/2842

Railway department

Beccles, Shops

Railway job

Mechanic's labourer

Date died

03/07/1916

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine: October 1916, p266

Memorial

Daours Communcal Cemetery Extension

Notes

Aged 30, son of Arthur and Emma Balls, of Beccles, Suffolk. He joined the GER on the 2nd of September 1913. He was killed in action.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Image: Great Eastern Railway Society), Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Date entered

09/11/2016

Last updated

09/11/2016

Citation

“Frederick Leonard – Balls – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 03/07/1916,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61873.