Name: BELL, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Unit Text: 7th Bn.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/01/1945
Service No: 14758594
Additional information: Son of Alexander and Georgina Bell, of Strachan, Kincardineshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: VI. 314.
Cemetery: BRUNSSUM WAR CEMETERY
Adopted by: José en Math Starmans

 

“According to our records, Rifleman William Bell was one of 18 casualties recovered from Schimmert and reburied in Brunssum war Cemetery in July 1946.  There were 2 plots at Schimmert.  The first plot containing 12 casualties was located to the North-East of Schimmert, in the vicinity of the junction of Leeuwenkuilsweg and Mareweg.  The other plot of 6 casualties was to the North-West along the Langstraat.  We do not have photographs of either of these plots.

Source - Commonwealth War Graves Commission