The French village of Annoeulin has named its school after
Albert Ball; this village was of course where he crashed in May 1917.
The local population voted to change the name of their school and a dedication ceremony was held on Saturday, 13th November. It was attended by hundreds of people, including representatives from the RAF and his regiment, the Sherwood Foresters, who laid a wreath on his grave. His home city of Nottingham, I am ashamed to say, couldn't be bothered to turn up (the civic "dignatries" that is). Some Nottingham residents did make it over there, incluing some members of the local branch of the Western Front Association.
A full report of the day is on the WFA's site at
http://www.westernfront.co.uk
Visit the "remembering page" to read the article.
Jim