Military service
Burial/memorial information
Son of Arthur Allan and Mary Jane Bell, of Oro Station, Ontario; husband of Vera May Bell, of Barrie, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Arthur Egbert Bell
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Egbert Bell
"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Arthur Egbert Bell
This plaque was installed, following World War I, on an interior wall of Collier Street Methodist Church in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Lieutenant A.E. Bell. Note: Since church union in 1925, this church has been known as Collier Street United Church. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.)
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Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England
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National Progress Pub. Co. 1919
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"This Roll of Honour has been prepared as a permanent tribute to those men of the teaching profession in Ontario, who enlisted in connection with the Great War." Source: The Roll of Honour of the Ontario Teachers Who Served in the Great War 1914-1918 (The Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1922). The 1914-1918 Roll of Service for Ontario Teachers contains 851 names. 101 died as a result of their military service. The information on this Honour Roll may differ from other sources as it was compiled by the Department of Education in Toronto, Ontario, from "...varied and numerous sources, that mistakes are inevitable."
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Barrie, Ontario
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc
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Barrie street named in honour of Lieutenant Arthur Egbert Bell with a poppy.
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Circumstance of Death Lieutenant Arthur Egbert Bell.
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Orillia Times, 05 Sep 1918
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Orillia Times, 19 Sep 1918
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This plaque was installed, following World War I, on an interior wall of Collier Street Methodist Church in Barrie, Ontario, to commemorate members of the congregation who died in the war, including Lieutenant A.E. Bell. Note: Since church union in 1925, this church has been known as Collier Street United Church. (Image taken by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, Ontario, in 2019.)
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This is a Slide Memorial with a photo obtained from Arthur Bell's great nephew, Ric Ross in 2021
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Arthur is commemorated on his parent's grave, in Oro Station, Ontario, Canada.
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Taken just before Arthur left for war.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 366 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Tilloy-les-Mofflaines is a village 3 kilometres south-east of Arras, on the south side of the main road to Cambrai. TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY is south-east of the village on the north-east side of the road to Wancourt, the D37.
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