Arthur Henry Balls and William Alexander Balls

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Reference WMO/304539

Address:

Lowestoft Cemetery

Normanston Road

Lowestoft

NR32 2PZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: This may be a Stone of Remembrance rather than an Addition to Gravestone.. The first-named, Benjamin Rous Balls, died in December 1918 aged 36, but no reason is given, so this might be his grave, and the others additions to it. They are Arthur Henry Balls, drowned October 1917 on active service and commemorated on the Tower Hill memorial, Herbert James Balls, drowned 1905 and William A. Balls, killed in France November 1916. If further research showed that Benjamin's death was war-related and he is buried elsewhere, then this would be a Stone of Remembrance. The names of the parents are mentioned in the Maritime Memorials transcript, but as "also" as if they were added later. They do not appear in the photographs so must be on the other side.
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'BENJAMIN ROUS BALLS died December 17th 1918 aged 36 also of ARTHUR HENRY died October 2nd 1917 aged 42 drowned from the 'Willing Boys' also of HERBERT JAMES BALLS died November 2nd 1905 aged 20, drowned from the 'I'll Try' also of WILLIAM A. BALLS, 2nd Suffolks, died November 13th 1916 aged 20, killed in action. ( The following appears in the Maritime Memorials transcript, but is not shown in the photographs supplied. Perhaps it is on the other side. "Also of EMMA BALLS died January 13th 1935 aged 80 also of ARTHUR BALLS died October 11th 1936 aged 80'.")

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