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JOHN WILLIAM BELL

Died : 06 Sep 1916

Rank : Regimental Sergeant Major

Service no at death: 4873

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Surname:	BELL
Forename:	JOHN WILLIAM
Initials:	J W
Date of Birth	1884
Place of Birth	Penrith, Cumbria
Place of Birth Source	1891 Census
Address	Cranborne Villa, Skelton Road, North Waltham, Norfolk in 1911
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Police Constable in 1911
Place of work	Norfolk County Council
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of John and Emily Bell, of Newcastle; husband of Marion Mildred Bell, of Targett's Farm, Holwell, Cranborne, Salisbury.
Spouse Name	Marion Mildred BELL nee HEAD daughter of Henry & Lucy HEAD from Ashes Farm, Lower Holwell, Cranborne.
Notes	In the 1891 Census Marion Mildred HEAD is living with her parents Henry & Lucy HEAD at Ashes Farm, Lower Holwell, Cranborne. In the 1901 census Marion Mildred HEAD is a governess in Parkstone. The couple married in North Waltham, Norfolk in 1910, where they are living in the 1911 census. In the 1939 Register Marion Mildred BELL is living in Daggons Alderholt.

Regiment at call-up	The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up	945
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to
Source

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	RSM 16th Lancers
Other rank	Regimental Sergeant Major
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	32
Date of death	06 Sep 1916
Regiment at death	16th (The Queen's) Lancers
Battalion at death
Rank at death	Regimental Sergeant Major
Circumstances of death	KIA
Service no at death	4873
Field of action at death
Place of death	France

Location of grave	DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Position	I. B. 11.
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