Bell, Albert Edward: Service no. 747997

Digitized Service Record

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

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Family Search: When Albert Edward Bell was born on 23 April 1897, in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Mathew Bell, was 26 and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Barker, was 24. He married Florence May Merle Green on 31 March 1924, in Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Manchester, Durham, Ontario, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1916. In 1916, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as farm labourer in Manchester, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. He died on 18 December 1959, in Omemee, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mount Lawn Memorial Park, Oshawa, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.

Reg number	747997
Name	Bell, Albert Edward
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/11/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	England
Home Country	Canada
City born	Middlesborough, England
Address	Manchester, ON
Enlistment Date	3/11/1916
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Port Perry
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	3/11/1916
Left 116th	10/5/1916
Married	no
Occupation	farmer
Wounded date	8/17/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	GSW Legs
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70	yes
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th Btn
Other details	A Coy
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description