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Sergeant George Edward Bell

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1884-06-13
Place of birth: Roseville Prince Edward Island Canada
Next of kin: Sister:Miss Laura W. Bell, Hospital, Revelstoke, BC
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 129823
Highest Rank: Sergeant (72nd Battalion)
Rank detail

Sergeant, 72nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed in Action.
Commemoration location: Vimy Memorial; Nelson, BC Cenotaph

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 1565159
LAC ID: 35920
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0612-S037
Uploader's Notes: Son of George Washington Bell and Sarah Jane Bell, of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. previous service-102nd Regt
Uploader's Research notes:

72nd Battalion Nominal Roll

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 72nd Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-07