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Francis Howard Bell

In memory of:

Corporal Francis Howard Bell

January 13, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

464686

Age:

21

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

"A" Coy. 47th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 30, 1895

Son of T. P. and E. H. Bell, of Waterloo, Liverpool, England.

Commemorated on Page 199 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. A. 13.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Francis Howard Bell– Cpl Bell left England to take up farming in Canada. At the outbreak of war he went to Vancouver and joined the Duke of Connaughts Own rgmt later transferring twice in order to get to the front more quickly. He fought at Flanders, Ypres, on the Somme and at Vimy. His two brothers survived the war.

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