Private Cecil Austin Bell
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bell,
Cecil Austin
Date of birth: 1895-05-15
Place of birth:
Next of kin: Alice Bell, Mother, 104 Wood St., Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Machinist
Occupation (normalized): Metalworking Machine Setter-Operator, General
Address:
104 Wood St., Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-30
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Canada Cemetery (Tilloy-Les-Cambrai), II. F. 2.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 916115
Highest Rank:
Private
(75th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private, 198th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-02-22 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Memorial Plaque at the Church of the Holy Trinity (Anglican), Trinity Square, Toronto, Ontario.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 529313
LAC ID:
35665
Service file: B0608-S018
Uploader's Notes:
A Toronto Star article dated November 1st, 1918, reported Pte. Bell as missing (see Virtual Memorial link to view an original of this article). Highlights of this article:
Enlisted with the 198th Battalion Toronto Buffs. Went overseas April 1917.No previous military experience.Pte. Bell's family placed an individual brass memorial plaque in his honour at the Church of the Holy Trinity (Anglican), Trinity Square, Toronto, Ontario. This church is adjacent to the Toronto Eaton Centre and was nearly torn down during the 1960s redevelopment era. It is the only individual plaque to a soldier in the church, although the church also has a memorial plaque to the fallen of World War One that was placed on the wall of the church in 1922.
Uploader's Research notes: Source: M. I. Pirie [Private Army Canadian Infantry 198th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2008-12-02