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Military service
Service number:
472963
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
December 18, 1893
Enlistment:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Death:
September 19, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Ann Hastings Bell, of Eldred, Saskatchewan.
Digital gallery of Private William Bell
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Circumstances of Death
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 215 of 670. -
Inscription on Menin Gate Memorial
Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William Bell
Digital gallery of
Private William Bell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 53 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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