Percy Reginald Balls

A Gunner with 120 Battery, 30 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Percy died on 25th of October 1942 aged 31. 

Percy was born at Lowestoft on 18 June 1911, a son of Arthur George and Ellen Elizabeth Balls. He was baptised at Saint Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, on 11 July 1911, and his family lived at 49 Cambridge Road. 

Percy married Ruth Elizabeth Sharman, at Saint Mark's Church, Oulton Broad, on 26 December 1934. Percy was working as a labourer and lived at 49 Cambridge Road. Ruth lived at 216 Bridge Road, Oulton Broad. By 1939 they were living at 33 Thurston Road, Lowestoft, and Percy worked as a general labourer for a timber porter. 

Percy joined the Royal Artillery in 1940. Percy’s regiment had been formed at Ipswich in 1939 and moved to North Africa in July 1942. In October 1942 they took part in the Battle of El Alamein, during which Percy was killed in action.