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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
27
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
January 15, 1891
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
October 1, 1918
near Cuvillers, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
D. 4.
Additional information
Son of Henry Ogle Bell-Irving and Maria Isabella del Carmen Beattie. Husband of Nora Angela Benwell.
Digital gallery of Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
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Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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 241 of 670. -
Photo of Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Major R. O. Bell-Irving, DSO, MC, was depicted with his brothers (seated bottom left) in this photo plate from Vol. VI of the "Canada in the Great World War" series. These books reviewed Canada's achievements in the war and were published by United Publishers of Canada, Toronto, 1921. -
Funeral
The funeral of Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving. From a period photograph in the collection of the donor. -
Grave marker
26 April 2015, CEFRG (Canadian Expeditionary Force Research Group) cerrg.ca -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Journal July 1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
Digital gallery of
Major Roderick Ogle Bell-Irving
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 367 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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