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Name :
Richard John (Jack) Ballard. Son of Charles Ballard and Grace Ballard (nee Snow), of Lake, Isle of Wight. Born 1896, Lake, Isle of Wight. Commemorated on these Memorials : Lake Lake Church of the Good Shepherd Sandown Christ Church Shanklin Shanklin St Blasius' Church Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Service details : Private 205455 John Ballard, 2nd/5th Bn, Hampshire Regiment, formerly Rifleman 8/1829, 1/8th Bn, Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles) CWGC record ... Service records : not found Medal Index Card : Awarded 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Further Information Census 1901 : Family at Alfred Road, Lake, Isle of Wight. Census 1911 : Richard John Ballard, aged 14, is shown as the nephew of Douglas and Jessie Dore, at Brook Cottage, Bonchurch Road, Shanklin. Private John Ballard entered active service on 10 August 1915 in the Balkans theatre of war indicating that he served at Gallipoli. He was killed in action near Jerusalem. IW County Press : 22 December 1917 includes the notice of his death, placed by Mr and Mrs Douglas Dore, of 1 Brook Cottage, Bonchurch Road, Shanklin. Note that Jesse James Barnes is shown with the same date of death, and in an adjacent grave at Jerusalem Cemetery. |
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