Harold BELL

Main CPGW Record

Surname: BELL

Forename(s): Harold

Place of Birth: Burnley, Lancashire

Service No: 80885

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Durham Light Infantry

Battalion / Unit: 1/8th Battalion

Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-04-10

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 8 and 9.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: COTTERDALE, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: HARDRAW, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: HAWES, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: SEDBUSK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Harold Bell was the son of Matthew and Eden Bell, née Middlemiss. Matthew was born at Sedbusk and Eden at Nappa Hall near Askrigg, Yorkshire.

1901 Burnley, Lancashire Census: 33, Kirkgate - Harold Bell, aged 1 year, born Burnley, son of Matthew and Eden Bell.

1911 High Abbotside, Yorkshire Census: Harold Bell, aged 11 years, born Burnley, Lancashire, son of Matthew and Eden Bell.

The British Army Service Record for Harold Bell exists but may be incomplete.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Harold Bell, 80885, Durh. L. I.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Harold Bell, 80885, 1/8th Durh. L. I. Deceased.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Harold Bell, 80885, 1/8 D.L.I. Date and Place of Death: 10.4.18. France pres dead. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Mathew [sic]. £7 5s. 3d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Harold. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Eden Bell. Relationship: Mother. Address: Sedbusk, Hawes, Yorks.

A short biography of Harold is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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