Is this the same person?

[Duncan]

Can this be the same person?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Victory-Medal_W0QQit...1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...1&resultcount=1

1901 Census

Ben Henry Balls, aged 42, watchmaker & jeweller from Barnsley.

He’d be 55 when the war broke out!?!

Love the name though. Do you think his mates took the p**s?

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

I wouldn't have thought so A Territorial in the Suffolk Regt is a long way from Barnsley!!!

[Muerrisch]

I believe his surname would not have caused much comment then ..... the words in use tended to be slightly longer versions [as texting was not a consideration!].

70 Ballses made the supreme sacrifice, by the way.

[Stebie9173]

This is the "Obvious" one.

BMD

Balls, Benjamin 1894 December Births Plomesgate Suffolk

1901 Census

Name: Benjamin Balls

Age: 7

Estimated birth year: abt 1894

Relation: Son

Gender: Male

Where born: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Civil parish: Aldeburgh

Ecclesiatical parish: St Peter and St Paul

Town: Aldeburgh

County/Island: Suffolk

Country: England

But then again, is anything really obvious in this game???

There are six other Benjamin Balls living or born in Suffolk at 1901.

And 15 Benjamin or Ben Balls born between 1870 and 1900 that could also be candidates (though a few of those are listed as later died) + 9 with Ben/Benjamin as midddle name.

Could be any of them to be honest...

Steve.

[Duncan]

Ohh yes, didn't notice the TF number. Just shows the danger of assumption when it comes to the 1901 census. I wonder how many in my collection aren't actually to the person in the 1901 Census I think they are?