H Ball

Unknown

CWGC: only RN record H Ball is Henry Ball HMS Goliath, parents and widow resident Bournmouth. No MN matches. No trace on other military records (family history websites) or likely matches on civil records for Kirkby in Ashfield and area. Only information provided on T2T record was military unit, 'P67 Royal Navy' (removed). WW1 P-Class patrol boats recorded pendant numbers were numbered P11-P64 (Nos. P1-P10 not used as pendant numbers for old warships). Alternative PC-class patrol boat: PC67. 'Ordered 1/17, decoy ships looking like small merchant ships, also known as PQ-boats. Launched 7.5.17 White. Based at Pembroke Dockyard from completion to 1918 ... Sold 1.12.21 Stanlee. [Stanlee Shipbreaking & Salvage Company, Stanlee Shipbreaking Yard, Dover].' (www.naval-history.net)