BORN HULL 1883. SON OF THOMPSON BELL (1846-1919) AND ELIZABETH HILL ( (1846-1935), OF 47, CECIL STREET, HAWTHORNE AVENUE, HULL. HE HAD ONE BROTHER, GEORGE, AT 8 WILLIAMS TERRACE, WEST PARADE HULL AND ONE SISTER, SARAH ELLEN BEAL.
HE MARRIED ON 06/10/1905. HUSBAND OF CHARLOTTE HILDYARD WELBURN, OF 20 ASH GROVE, DIVISION ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS) AND 3, ST GEORGES AVENUE, BOULEVARD, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, MURIEL.
WORKED AS A FRENCH POLISHER, FOR MESSRS, HOLMES & MOORE’S, TERRY STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 15/12/1915. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 119 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST.
CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 16/06/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 19/12/1916. SERVED WITH THE 14TH & 15TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/10/1917, AGED 34. HE WAS HIT BY A SHELL WHILE DOING GOOD WORK AS A STRETCHER BEARER.
LEFT A WIDOW AND DAUGHTER. HIS DEATH AND PHOTO WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 08/11/1917.
NOTE; HIS FIRST NAME MOSES IS SOMETIMES OMITTED IN THE RECORDS. HE IS KNOWN AS WILLIAM BELL, DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.
