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Second Lieutenant THOMAS HECTOR BELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

11th Bn. attd. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 February 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. C. 30.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Isabella Bell, of Gordonstown, Elgin. Came from Buenos Aires at his own expense to enlist, Sept., 1914.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN KILLED SUCCOURING A WOUNDED COMRADE
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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