Charles James – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Acting] – 10/08/1917

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Title

Charles James – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Acting] – 10/08/1917

Initials / forenames

Charles James

Surname

Bell

Railway company

Great Eastern Railway

Military unit

Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military rank

Sergeant [Acting]

Military number

Mar-58

Railway department

Stratford, Chief Mechanical Engineer's Dept

Railway job

Labourer

Date died

10/08/1917

Magazine reference

Great Eastern Railway Magazine, December 1917, p278

Memorial

Arras Memorial

Notes

Age 41, the husband of Laura Bell of 3 Dore Avenue, Manor Park, Essex. Joined the GER in March 1914. Enlisted in August 1915, and having served with the army previously was soon promoted to sergeant. He was about to take up a commission when he was killed at Bixschoote. The GER Magazine gives his age as 32.

Information source

St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Great Eastern Railway Magazine (image: Great Eastern Railway Society)

Date entered

07/12/2016

Last updated

07/12/2016

Citation

“Charles James – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Sergeant [Acting] – 10/08/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 13, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61347.