Private William Smith Bell

Army Number: 305322 (formerly 1951)

Battalion: 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Saxilby, Lincolnshire and lived at Ordsall, Nottinghamshire. Son of Edward and Harriet Bell, of 54, Birketts Row, Ordsall. He was an iron foundry worker prior to enlisting at Retford. He died, 13th September 1917,  of severe leg wounds at No. 33 Casualty Clearing Station, Bethune, France. 

Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Plot 6. Row G. Grave 49.

Private William Smith Bell is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
Retford Market Square War Memorial, Retford, Nottinghamshire. 
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.