Bell A V Pte 82316 Machine Gun Corps

BELL, ALBERT VICTOR, Private, No. 82316, Machine Gun Corps, s. of the late William Bell, Ship Smith for the Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, by his wife, Mary (33, Mostyn Street, Poulton, Wallasey); b. Liverpool, 20 Oct. 1897; educ. St. Michael’s in the Hamlet there was employed as an Assistant with the Ureca Cereal Company; enlisted in Sept. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Feb. 1917, and died at No. 11 Casualty Clearing Station 15 Oct. 1918. Buried in Duhollow A.W.S. Cemetery, Ypres. Sergt. P. Stewart wrote: “Your brother had been under me since last March, and I have had every opportunity of testing him, and I must say I could trust him better than I could trust myself. I had him recommended for promotion. We all miss him very much.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

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