Amos John – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/05/1918
Title
Amos John – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/05/1918
Initials / forenames
Amos John
Surname
Bell
Railway company
Great Eastern Railway
Military unit
Royal Fusiliers, 10th Battalion
Military rank
Private
Military number
66360
Railway department
Norwich (Thorpe)
Railway job
Porter
Date died
19/05/1918
Magazine reference
Great Eastern Railway Magazine, August 1918, p166
Memorial
St Sever Cemetery Extension
Notes
Age 25, the son of Mr G Bell of the Electrical Engineering Dept at Dereham. Joined the GER in June 1913 as a porter at Forncett. Later worked at Trowse and Cromer before his appointment at Norwich. Enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment in March 1917 and later transferred to the Royal Fusiliers. Died in hospital in France from the effects of gas poisoning.
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
03/10/2016
Last updated
03/10/2016
Citation
“Amos John – Bell – Great Eastern Railway – Private – 19/05/1918,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 10, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61348.