We remember Alexander Herbert Bell

We remember Alexander Herbert Bell

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Timeline

Timeline

1888
birth Eccles, Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:5618193 Source:8476620 7th January 1888
1891
dates Age 3 Source:8476891 April 1891
1891
location Bank House, Wigan, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address Source:8476893 April 1891
1901
dates Age 13 Source:8476620 April 1901
1901
education The School, Malvern Link Somers Road, Great Malvern United Kingdom Source:8479151 April 1901
1901
location Malvern Link. Upton on Severn, Worcestershire United Kingdom school/college address Source:8479151 April 1901
1906
dates Age 18 Source:8476893 1906
1906
employment Rancher Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia Canada Source:8476893 1906
1909
marriage Ethel Lillian Haine Source:8476890 2nd December 1909
1909
location Kelownan, British Columbia Canada Source:8476890 2nd December 1909
1910
children Esther Bell Source:8476893 September 1910
1912
children Arthur Douglas Bell Source:8476893 1912
1914
children Richard Alexander Bell Source:8476893 1914
1916
dates Age 28 Source:8476621 16th March 1916
enlistment Victoria, British Columbia Canada Source:8476893
events Headstone Inscription Headstone Inscription Loker Churchyard, West Vlaanderen Belgium NOK given as Mrs E.L.Bell, The Hillside, Hassocks, Sussex [his wife] Source:8476621
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 1st Central Ontario Regiment 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion Source:8476621
location The Hillside, Hassocks, Sussex United Kingdom their own address Source:8476896
1916
death Died of wounds Wounded and killed almost instantly during training exercise by prematurely exploding bomb while instructing members of a grenade school near Ypres, West Vlaanderen Belgium Source:8476621 Source:8476896 16th March 1916
burial Loker Churchyard CWGC Cemetery/Memorial West-Vlaanderen Belgium I. E. 11 Source:8476621

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Alexander Herbert
Initials AH
Last Name Bell
Source 5618193
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
Bank House, Wigan, Lancashire United Kingdom parents address known April 1891
Kelownan, British Columbia Canada known 2nd December 1909
Malvern Link. Upton on Severn, Worcestershire United Kingdom school/college address known April 1901
The Hillside, Hassocks, Sussex United Kingdom their own address
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Central Ontario Regiment 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion Captain
Family
Children
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Esther Bell daughter September 1910
Arthur Douglas Bell son 1912
Richard Alexander Bell son 1914
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Alexander Bell father
Augusta Dorothea Walker mother
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Ethel Lillian Haine wife 2nd December 1909
Religion
DateReligionSource
1909-12-02 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Official Records

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Canadian Attestation Papers

External Evidence

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England and Wales Birth Registration Index 1837-2008 Jean45090
1901 Worcestershire Census Transcription Jean45090
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Jean45090
Pedigree Resource File database Jean45090
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jean45090
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2008 Jean45090
Keymer and Clayton War Memorials by Penny Worth, Keymer Jean45090
Clayton, Sussex Roll of Honour Jean45090
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Jean45090
Canada, Soldiers of First World War 1914-1918 Jean45090

Multimedia

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Clayton, Sussex War Memorial Penny13485
A.H. Bell Headstone at Loker Churchyard Penny13485

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