Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Nottingham
Town
Nottingham
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 12-07-1923
    Attended by: Mayor of Nottingham.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
68000

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Current location

Nottingham High School
Waverley Mount
Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG7 4ED
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 56561 40919
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Rectangular plaque with raised inscription below a cast wreath, with three embossed roses in the centre of the inscription, and with the RAF badge and High School Badge on the lower border.
Inscription
TO THE EVER GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF/ CAPTAIN ALBERT BALL/ V.C., D.S.O., M.C./ CROIX DE CHEVALIER./ LEGION D'HONNEUR./ RUSSIAN ORDER OF ST GEORGE./ OLD PUPIL OF THIS SCHOOL/ FROM 1907 TO 1910, WHO/ GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING/ AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR. 1914 - 1919.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ball, Albert
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Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, Surname, Forename, Service, Honours
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, decorations, school dates.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Bronze
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Nottingham Evening Post. Thursday 12 July 1923.

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