Lieutenant Robert Fleming Bell
PERSONAL INFORMATION
MILITARY INFORMATION
Lieutenant, 25th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List
Description: See Soldier record - Awarded posthumously
Source: Medals, Honours and Awards Library and Archives of Canada
Comment: If you were killed in action during the first and second world wars, and during the Korean War. You could only be awarded one of two honours. The Victory Cross, or a Mention in Dispatches.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
Military experience - 9 years 23rd Alberta Rangers (Militia)
25th Canadian Infantry Battalion War Diary Entry:
1917-04-28 PAGE 9... D Company were engaged in heavy bayonet fighting with enemy in first stage. As soon as objective was satisfactorily cleared the advance posts were pushed forward and several hundred yards more of enemy ground was secured and our position protected. In the operation Lieut R F Bell was killed. He was O. C. 'D' coy and displayed great gallantry and leadership. Lieut J H Wallace of C Coy was also killed in the advance. Remaining casualties Lieut R Lewis and Lieut J S Turkington, wounded and 100 O. R. (Other Ranks) killed and wounded....
[Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 25th Battalion D Company Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List See Soldier record - Awarded posthumously If you were killed in action during the first and second world wars, and during the Korean War. You could only be awarded one of two honours. The Victory Cross, or a Mention in Dispatches. ]