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James BELL

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Surname: BELL

Forename(s): James

Place of Birth: Raydaleside, Yorkshire

Service No: 204943

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion / Unit: 2/4th Battalion

Division: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Age: 30

Date of Death: 1918-04-11

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXXIII. G. 12.

CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: BAINBRIDGE, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: MARSETT, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: STALLING BUSK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

James Bell was the son of John and Isabella Bell, née Iveson. John was born at Simonstone, High Abbotside and Isabella at Carr End, Countersett, Yorkshire.

1891 Marsett, Yorkshire Census: Green House - James Bell, aged 3 years, born Bainbridge, Yorkshire, son of John and Isabella Bell.

1901 Stalling Busk, Yorkshire Census: James Bell, aged 13 years, born Raydaleside, Yorkshire, son of John and Isabella Bell.

1911 Stalling Busk, Yorkshire Census: James Bell, aged 23 years, born Bainbridge, Yorkshire, son of John and Isabella Bell.

James was married to Ann Outhwaite in 1913. Ann was the sister of Private Thomas Pickard Outhwaite (28234) (q.v.) and sister-in-law of Private George Mason (M2/221759) (q.v.).

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte James Bell, 204943, W. Rid. R.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte James Bell, 204943, 2/4th W. Rid. R. D. of W. 11.4.18.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte James Bell, 204943, 2/4th Bn W. Riding. Date and Place of Death: 11.4.18. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Ann. £6 18s. 2d. self and children. War Gratuity: Widow - Ann. £3 0s. 0d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for James. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Ann, born 19.6.87. Address: Stalling Burk [sic], Bainbridge, Yorks. Children: Isabella Eleanor, born 10.11.14. Thomas George, born 11.3.17.

A short biography of James 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: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry

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

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 62nd (2/West Riding) Division

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Surname: BELL

Forename(s): James

Born: Bainbridge, Yorks

Residence:

Enlisted: Bainbridge

Number: 204943

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Battalion: 2/4th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 11/04/18

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: BELL

Forename(s): James

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 204943

Rank: Private

Regiment: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Unit: 2nd/4th Bn.

Age: 30

Awards:

Died Date: 11/04/1918

Additional Information: Son of John and Isabel Bell; husband of Ann Bell, of Stalling Busk, Bainbridge, Askrigg, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL AT HOME)

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England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995

1966

BELL Ann of 40, Westmorland Street Skipton Yorkshire died 20 July 1966 at Raikeswood Hospital Skipton Probate London 30 August to Thomas George Bell bus driver and Isabella Eleanor Smith married woman. £1135.

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Craven Herald and Wensleydale Standard Logo

26 April 1918

BELL - Died in No. 4 General Hospital, France, from wounds received in action April 11th, 1918, aged 30 years, Private James Bell, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, beloved husband of Ann Bell, Stalling Busk, Askrigg.

11 April 1919

BELL - In loving memory of Private James Bell, 2/4th Duke of Wellington's Regiment, who died at No 4 General Hospital, France, on April 11th, 1918.

Not gone from memory, not gone from love,
But gone to his Father's home above;
And sweet is the thought that again we shall meet
Kneeling together at Jesu's feet.

From his Wife and Children, Father, Mother and Brothers, Raydaleside, Askrigg.

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