BORN HULL 1898. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF WILLIAM BELL AND THE LATE EMILY BELL, AT THIS CWGC ADDRESS. A BRASS MOULDER, ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/02/1918, AGED 20 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. POSTED TO THE 3RD WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 23/04/1918. DIED OF PNEUMONIA, ON 24/08/1918, AGED 20, AT WHITLEY BAY. BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM. HE WAS BROTHER TO THOMAS AND EMILY AND FIANCEE TO ELSIE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 25/08/1919.
First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
56377
Rank:
Private
Date Died
24/08/1918
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
20
