Sergeant George Edward Bell
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Bell,
George Edward
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
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
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-06-07