In Memory Of

BELL, SYDNEY WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1882-02-25
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 8th Bn.
Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Date of Death:
 1916-06-14
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30.
Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
 Belgium
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