BORN BEVERLEY 1890. SON OF JOHN HENRY & ANN ELIZA (WALKER), OF KELDGATE BEVERLEY.
HE MARRIED AT BEVERLEY, IN 1915. HIS WIFE, ELSIE ALICE BRUCE, LIVED AT 3, ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED IN THE HQ COMPANY, OF THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, AT BOGNY, ON 05/10/1918, AGED 27.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/04/1919.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON HULL’S, REFORM STREET, ROLL OF HONOUR.
HE IS BURIED AT TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
W.B. JESSOP IS ALSO INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLARS OF ST MARY CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
First name:
WILLIAM BELL
Military Number:
241226
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/10/1918
Place died:
TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY, WIMILLE, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.
Age:
27
3, ST ANDREW STREET, BEVERLEY, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
