BORN OLDHAM 1893. HE WAS A SHOP PORTER WORKING IN HALIFAX (1911 CENSUS), BUT MOVED AND LIVED HULL, WHEN WAR BEGAN.
SON OF CHRISTOPHER BELL (1853-1932) & SARAH TONG (1855-1942), AT 6 GRANBY VILLAS, HEDON ROAD, HULL; 4, CUMBERLAND VILLAS, EGTON STREET, HULL; 3, CYPRUS STREET, MARFLEET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES) AND THE BOULEVARD, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 22.
HE LEFT A WIDOW, LIVING AT NEWBRIDGE ROAD, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 27/03/1915.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE MARFLEET ROLL OF HONOUR AND THE YPPRES MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.