History while in the forces
Apr 1916: in FranceAug 1916: made Lance Corporal
Oct 1916: reduced to Private for "Telling a Sergeant off"
- Surname
- Bell
- Forename
- Matthew William
- Service number
- 297
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- Head Quarter Company Signals 12th (Sheffield City) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
- Branch
- Doncaster
- Date of Birth
- 25 Sep 1886
- Date of birth
- 1886
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 30 Sep 1903
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 14 Sep 1914
