Royal Army Medical Corp
Several of the sons of John Ball and Emma Priestley joined the Royal Army Medical Corp during World War I.
A search of the online medals index, Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the births, marriages and deaths index has given probable identities for several of these men.
Alders, Richard 105097 Private Ashes, Walter 75806 Private Austen, L 33205 Private Ball, Harold J 103482 Private my grandfather, born: 13 Jan 1886, Leicester died: 5 Jan 1947, age: 60 Baty, H 26602 Private Braim, Charles Henry 103394 Private born: 1885, Yorkshire Brown, R W Burrow, Herbert J 22672 Private Coles, C Cooper, Sidney Dixon, G Dootson, B George, W Hudson, J Ormiston, John Wightman 123144 Private born: 1892, Yorkshire died: 2 Jan 1918, age: 25 Sanders, T Smith, A J