EL – Bedell – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 18/12/1915
Title
EL – Bedell – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 18/12/1915
Initials / forenames
EL
Surname
Bedell
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 5th Battalion
Military rank
Corporal
Military number
372
Railway department
Copgrove
Railway job
Signal Porter
Date died
18/12/1915
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine, Apr 1916, p88
Memorial
Wimereux Communal Cemetery
Notes
Joined the NER in 1909 as a lad porter at Boroughbridge, later transferred to Copgrove as a signal porter. Died of wounds.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919; North Eastern Railway Magazine; Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
20/06/2016
Last updated
20/06/2016
Citation
“EL – Bedell – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 18/12/1915,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed May 14, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61405.