Service Details
Name:
 BELL
Given Name:
 SYDNEY WILLIAM
Initials:
 S W
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
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Unit:
 8th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-06-14
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Date of Birth:
 1882-02-25
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Zillebeke (Hill 60), while on duty in the front line trench during a heavy enemy bombardment. This officer was head in the head by a piece of shrapnel and almost instantly killed. Buried behind the support trench.
Additional
Information:
Son of Reverend William Atkinson and Charlotte Francis Bell, of Charlymeh, Bridgewater, Somerset, England. Born Pleasley, Notts, England. An electrical engineer. Served in South Africa E.E.R.E. 16 months and 3 Transvaal Mounted Rifles Natal '06. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.

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