CARLTON - NOTTINGHAM
St Paul's Church Memorial & Cemetery War Memorial
St Paul's Church Memorial & Cemetery War Memorial
Private John George BELL 135
Born: Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England Enlisted: 21-8-1914, Randwick, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Wood Turner 2nd Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 18-10-1914 from Sydney, N.S.W. Killed in Action 2-5-1915 aged 24years Son of John and Mary S. Bell, of 7, Elm Avenue, Carlton, Nottingham Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 31 |
Hucknall Dispatch 22-6-1916
This week we are publishing a photograph of Private John George Bell, a native of Carlton and another hero who has laid down his life for King and country. He was born in Carlton 24 years ago, and, as a boy, attended the local Board Schools. For some years he worked for Messrs. Lawrence at Colwick, and when 21 he thought he would try his luck in Australia. It was three years last September that he left England, and on landing in Australia young Bell quickly obtained employment as a car conductor. On the outbreak of war he at once responded to the call of the Mother Country, and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces, being sent to Egypt. His stay in the land of the Pharaohs was of short duration, as April 24th, 1915, [sic] found him being landed at the Dardanelles. “His mother, who resides at 35, Worth Street, Carlton, was notified in June of last year that her son was missing, and only three weeks ago received an official notification from the War Office that he was killed in action in the Dardanelles on May 2nd 1915. Private Bell’s father died during the first month of the war, and was extremely well-known, having worked on the G.N.R. for over 30 years, while for six years he was a member of the Carlton Urban District Council.”
This week we are publishing a photograph of Private John George Bell, a native of Carlton and another hero who has laid down his life for King and country. He was born in Carlton 24 years ago, and, as a boy, attended the local Board Schools. For some years he worked for Messrs. Lawrence at Colwick, and when 21 he thought he would try his luck in Australia. It was three years last September that he left England, and on landing in Australia young Bell quickly obtained employment as a car conductor. On the outbreak of war he at once responded to the call of the Mother Country, and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces, being sent to Egypt. His stay in the land of the Pharaohs was of short duration, as April 24th, 1915, [sic] found him being landed at the Dardanelles. “His mother, who resides at 35, Worth Street, Carlton, was notified in June of last year that her son was missing, and only three weeks ago received an official notification from the War Office that he was killed in action in the Dardanelles on May 2nd 1915. Private Bell’s father died during the first month of the war, and was extremely well-known, having worked on the G.N.R. for over 30 years, while for six years he was a member of the Carlton Urban District Council.”