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Sergeant-Major Benjamin Thomas Bell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1886-07-24
Place of birth: Bombay India
Next of kin: Elizabeth Bell, mother. Noyes Crossing, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Telephone workman
Occupation (normalized): Telephone and Telegraph Installer, Specialisation Unknown
Address: Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1926-11-29

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 18001
Highest Rank: Sergeant-Major
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant-Major (Army). 1915-09-12 to 1916-04-18
  2. Sergeant-Major, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-06-22 to 1915-09-12
  3. Sergeant-Major, 8th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-05-24 to 1915-06-22
  4. Sergeant-Major, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-26 to 1915-05-24
  5. Colour Sergeant, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-24 to 1915-03-26
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 35646
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0607-S051
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Benjamin Bell and Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bell (nee Carter); husband of Ethel Bell

Discharged April 18, 1916 Medically Unfit

Uploader's Research notes: 9th Battalion Nominal Roll [Colour Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion A Company Battalion Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion Headquarters Battalion Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 8th Battalion Battalion Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Battalion Sergeant-Major Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Discharged Medically Unfit ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2010-06-14
Last modified: 2019-07-12