BORN GRIMSBY, LINCS, 1881. RESIDED & ENLISTED IN HULL. AN OIL MILL LABOURER, LIVING AT 13 RICHMOND AVENUE, BRIDLINGTON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
SERVED AS A SAPPER IN THE 69th FIELD COMPANY, EAST RIDING FIELD ENGINEERS. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 28/03/1918.
BURIED AT WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME.
LISTED ON THE EAST RIDING ROYAL ENGINEER’S MEMORIAL AT HULL MINSTER.
LEFT WIDOW, ELIZABETH (BORN 19 MARCH 1878) & THREE CHILDREN (THOMAS WILFRED, ETHEL MAY & DORIS MARY), AT 35 , EXCHANGE STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS WIDOW LATER MOVED TO 36, BEETON STREET, HULL. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION, OF 29 SHILLINGS & SEVEN PENCE.
| Name | Thomas Bell |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Grimsby, Lincs |
| Death Date | 28 Mar 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | SPR. |
| Regiment | Royal Engineers |
| Regimental Number | 474580 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | 69Th Field Coy., R.E. |
First name:
THOMAS
Military Number:
474580
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
28/03/1918
Place died:
WARLOY-BAILLON COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
Age:
37
35, EXCHANGE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
