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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM JAMES KNOX BELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

9th Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 05 April 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of James and Fanny Jane Bell, of Ashbrook, Coleraine.
  • Personal Inscription VOLUNTEERED 1914 IN ACTIVE SERVICE TILL KILLED IN ACTION COLERAINE
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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