The Bowes Museum Bell Henry (Harry )

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Name:

Henry (Harry) Bell

Casualty No.:

Initials:

Service No.:

1051035

Date of Birth:

10-January-1888

Place of Birth:

Eggleston

Age at Death:

Ranks:

Private

Unit:

Canadian Expeditionary Force, 243rd Overseas Battalion; Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Teesdale Township:

Eggleston

Place Enlisted:

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 26 June 1916

Home Address:

Gordon Bank, Eggleston (1901). Enlistment residence: 47, 23rd and 1st Avenue, E Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. Last known address: 906, E. 52 Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Civilian Employment:

Engineer. Later a painter

Cause of Death:

Natural causes

Date of Death:

28-January-1960

Place of Death:

Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale, British Columbia, Canada

Battles & Campaigns:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Overseas Commemorated:

Buried:

Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, Normandy Section

Decoration and Medals:

Service :

Army

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Family Details:

Son of Richard Bell and Sarah, née Robinson who married on 11 June 1881 in Eggleston. Brother of Margaret Ann Robinson (1879), George Thompson (1881 or 1872?) [See separate entry on the database], William Benders (1883), Florence Jane (1885), Lilly May (1886), Richard Maurice (1890) and Sarah Jane (1892). Harry married Ellen Elizabeth Wooton, who died in 1983. The couple had a daughter called Winifred.

Notes:

For full details and references to original source documents see dominiongeordiesinww1.co.uk

Harry attended Lintz Colliery Company's School, Infants.

He emigrated on 31 March 1911 from Liverpool aboard the Virginian accompanied by his brother George. They arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 7 April 1911. Harry's intention was to farm in Saskatchewan.

Harry died in 1960 of Hemorrhagic Edema of Lungs, Acute Heart Failure and Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease.

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