BORN HULL 1887. SON OF THE LATE EDWARD BELL, AT 6, WORCESTER TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION & CWGC ADDRESS). HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX 17344, 9TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 2ND DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION ON 21/3/1918, AGED 31. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER ANN WATERMAN. HE IS BURIED AT VAULX HILL CEMETERY, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE DID HIS DUTY”.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/04/1920.*
HIS MOTHER REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT HIM.
First name:
CHARLES
Military Number:
45136
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
6 WORCESTER TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
