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Military service
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Engineers
Division:
2nd Field Coy.
Enlistment:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
February 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. H. 9.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bell to Bernaquez. Mircoform Sequence 8; Volume Number 31829_B016718; Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 152 Page 239 of 670. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Document
Title page of Military Engineering (Part V) Miscellaneous - 1914, which belonged to Lt D.P. Bell-Irving -
Document
Page of Military Engineering (Part V) Miscellaneous - 1914, which was signed by Lt D.P. Bell-Irving -
Grave marker
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Cemetery
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Cross of Sacrifice
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Grave Marker
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Memorial
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving, alumni of the Royal Military College of Canada 1905 #696. He served with the Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Company. He died on Feb 26, 1915. His name is listed on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial Arch
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving, was Cadet #696 in the class of 1905 at the Royal Military College of Canada. He served with the Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Company. He was killed in action on Feb 26, 1915. He was buried in the Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warnetonhainaut, Belgium. An an ex-cadet, he is named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. -
Memorial
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 696 Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving, (RMC 1905) served with the Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Company. He was killed in action on Feb 26, 1915. He was buried in the Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warnetonhainaut, Belgium. -
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The Bell-Irving River was named after 696 Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving (RMC 1904), BCLS (1888-1915) of Vancouver, who was killed in action in Belgium in the early stages of the war. He went to the Royal Military College, Kingston, Canada, and graduated in 1908, obtaining a commission in the Canadian Militia Reserve. Bell-Irving had been sent by the provincial government to survey & explore the upper part of the Nass River, including the north fork, and when the war broke out was so-engaged, and entirely out of reach of all outside communication. The Bell-Irving River flows SE into Nass River above Meziadin Lake, Cassiar Land District of British Columbia. Latitude: 56°10'00" Longitude: 129°02'00" -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 696 Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving, (RMC 1905) served with the Canadian Engineers, 2nd Field Company. He was killed in action on Feb 26, 1915. He was buried in the Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warnetonhainaut, Belgium. -
Photo of Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
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Photo of Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
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Memorial
Royal Military College of Canada cadet memorial doll -
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Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston -
Newspaper Clipping
Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of April 23, 1915. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11552798/Daily-Telegraph-April-23-1915.html -
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From the London Free Press March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Vancouver Daily Journal March 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Victoria (B. C.) Times newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Duncan Peter Bell-Irving
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 5 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium
STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY is located 13 Km south of Ieper town centre, on the Rijselseweg N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg.
The STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY lies on the N365, 4 Km beyond Mesen and immediately before the village of Ploegsteert on the left hand side of the road.
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