BELL, THOMAS, 2nd Lieut., 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Royal Scots Fusiliers, eldest s. of Charles P. Bell, of Main Street, Muirkirk, N.B., School Teacher, by his wife, Margaret, dau, of Thomas Steele; b. Muirkirk aforesaid, 8 Jan. 1894; educ. Muirkirk, and Technical School, Ayr; was a Pattern Maker; joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in April, 1911; was mobilized on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Egypt and Palestine from 1915; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7 Dec. 1917; proceeded to France in March, 1917, and was killed in action at Vimy Ridge, near Arras, 26 May following. Buried in Aux Reitz Military Cemetery, Neuville St. Vaast, north of Arras. His Commanding Officer wrote: “No one ever earned a commission more than he did. His men trusted him thoroughly. He was a man of very fine character, and his loss is a very real one to the battalion. He died as he had lived, doing his duty nobly and well.” Unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5