Royal Army Medical Corp

 

Several of the sons of John Ball and Emma Priestley joined the Royal Army Medical Corp during World War I.

Harold John Ball
Frank William Ball
Bertie Cyril Ball

 


 

On the reverse of the photograph is a list of the names of the men

 
Standing
    1 H J Burrow
    2 W George
    3 B Dootson
    4 W Ashes
    5 C Coles
    6 J W Ormiston
    7 L A Austin
Seated
    8 J Hudson
    9 H Baty
    10 A J Smith
    11 Sidney Cooper
    12 G Dixon
On Ground
    13 R W Brown
    14 H J Ball (Northampton)
    15 T Sanders
    16 Dick Alders
    17 H Braim

On the reverse of the photograph is a list of the names of the men

 
Standing
    1 H J Burrow
    2 J Hudson
    3 T Sanders
    4 Dick Alders
    5 C Coles
    6 J W Ormiston
    7 H Braim
Seated
    8 W George
    9 B Dootson
    10 W Ashes
    11 Sidney Cooper
    12 H Baty
On Ground
    13 H J Ball (Northampton)
    14 A J Smith
    15 L A Austin

 


 

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, Richard105097Private 
Ashes, Walter75806Private 
Austen, L33205Private 
Ball, Harold J103482Privatemy grandfather, born: 13 Jan 1886, Leicester died: 5 Jan 1947, age: 60
Baty, H26602Private 
Braim, Charles Henry103394Privateborn: 1885, Yorkshire
Brown, R W   
Burrow, Herbert J22672Private 
Coles, C   
Cooper, Sidney   
Dixon, G   
Dootson, B   
George, W   
Hudson, J   
Ormiston, John Wightman123144Privateborn: 1892, Yorkshire died: 2 Jan 1918, age: 25
Sanders, T   
Smith, A J