BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOHN BELL (1845-1917) & SARAH BELL (1848-1918), AT THIS ADDRESS. THE FAMILY HAD ALSO LIVED AT BRIGHT STREET (1891) AND 24 FIELD STREET (1901). A FORMER CLERK AT RANK FLOUR MILL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS AS PRIVATE, 6762, 7953, AND 267407. HE WAS KILLED ON THE SOMME, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, ON 23/03/1918, AGED 32. BURIED AT ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
UNMARRIED. BROTHER TO THOMAS, ALBERT, GEORGE, FRED AND LOUISA. HIS FIANCEE HILDA WARDROBE, LIVED 58 CHANTERLANDS AVENUE, HULL. BOTH PARENTS DIED SOON AFTER HIS DEATH AND HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTER, LOUISA.
First name:
JOHN SIDNEY
Military Number:
267407
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/03/1918
Place died:
Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
32
