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Paul Woolridge writes:
More details for my grandfather:
He was born in Leeds to Percy and Helena Ball on 15/06/1916
He had 3 sisters, Dorothy, Edna and Maisie
Married Irene Owen Caddick in Bilston 1940
Had 2 children Lesley Ann Ball (my mother) and Michael Ball.
Has 3 grandchildren Maria, Nicola and Paul
5 great grandchildren
And 4 great great grandchildren!

My mother (2025) has only recently passed way, it is a shame that she didn’t get to see his memorial on
your website. She always had a photo of Leslie on her bedroom table.

About 6 months after my grandfather was killed, my grandmother was on a day trip on a train to
Blackpool UK with her sister. Also on the train were several members of The Royal Dutch Air Force
who were stationed at RAF Cosford near Wolverhampton. It was on that train that my grandmother
met her future husband of 70 years – Mr Theo Franciscus Verhaeg of Waubach – about 15 minutes
drive from Brunsuum I believe. They married in October 1946 and had 5 children. What a
coincidence!

There are a few relatives of Mr Verhaeg still living in Holland – his sister, Mia, remained in Waubach
but from a family of 7 seven children only 2 remained in the country – after the war 5 of them
emigrated to various countries, Canada, US, UK and South Africa. The conditions after the war were
very hard in South Holland

My mother lived there for about 18 months 1947/8 with my Nan and Opa – but the food situation
became so bad that my great grandmother in England demanded that they come back to the UK
immediately – they never returned to live in Holland again and my Opa lived in Uk for the rest of his
life.