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Marcus Frederick Ballard

In memory of:

Corporal Marcus Frederick Ballard

August 14, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

B/51637

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin & Halton Regt), R.C.I.C.

Division:

5th Inf. Bde. Ground Defence Platoon

Additional Information


Son of Arthur Henry and Alice Ballard. Husband of Dorothy Margaret Ballard, of Higher Openshaw, Manchester.

Commemorated on Page 242 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BRETEUIL-SUR-ITON COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Eure, France

Grave Reference:

N/A

Location:

Breteuil-sur-Iton is a small town and commune 30 kilometres south-south-west of Evreux, at the junction of the N.840 road to Le Neubourg and Conches and the D.55 road to Evreux. The communal cemetery is south-east of the river and on the south-eastern side of the town. It is 300 metres south-east of the church, from which there is a road to this burial ground. About 20 yards south-east of the northern entrance gate, adjacent to the boundary hedge, are the graves of an unidentified British soldier and a soldier belonging to the Canadian Forces.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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