Private Ernest Bell

Army Number: 22459

Battalion: 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British War and Victory Medal

Born and lived at Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Son of George and Sarah Bell of 54, Marecroft, Worksop. He was a coal miner at Shireoaks Colliery prior to enlisting at Worksop. He was killed in action, 6th December 1917, whilst in the line near Marcoing, France. 

Buried : Ribecourt British Cemetery, France. Special Memorial. A. 5.

Ribecourt British Cemetery, France.

Private Ernest Bell is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Worksop War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary and St. Cuthbert’s Priory Church War Memorial, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.