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Son of William Belland Janet Wales ; Husband of Emily Jones, 7 Gladstone Rd., Walton, Liverpool. Father of Kenneth Bone Bell.
He served in the First World War as a sailor for the British Merchant Navy.
On September 4, 1915, the Hesperian was on route from Liverpool, England, to Montreal, Quebec, when it was torpedoed at 8:30 a.m. by the U-20 off the coast of Ireland, 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Fastnet Rock, southeast of Ireland in the North Atlantic. The attack resulted in the death of 32 people, as the ship was carrying 653 passengers. Remaining afloat, she was towed 35 miles (56 km) before sinking 130 miles (209 km) off Queenstown, England, on September 6. This U-20 will sink the Lusitania.
Mercantile Marine War Medal
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 12 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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