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Military service
Service number:
687491
Age:
36
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
47th Bn.
Birth:
February 20, 1881
Enlistment:
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
March 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George and Sarah E. Bell, of 15, Vanburgh Park Rd., Blackheath, London, England; husband of Amelia Bell, of Wayside Cottage, Washford, Taunton, Somerset, England.
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Circumstances of Death Registers
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 235 of 670. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Corporal William James Bell
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Corporal William James Bell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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