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Aircraftman 1St Class WILLIAM HENRY BELL

Service Number: 1093684
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 22 January 1942

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEESTON CEMETERY

Sec. B. Div. C.7. Grave 12.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas E. Bell and Jane Ellen Bell, of Beeston.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE TRYING TO SAVE HIS COMRADES FROM A BURNING PLANE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEESTON CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 46
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