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Pte. John Peter Bell
British Army 7th Btn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
from:Welling, Kent.
(d.19th Sep 1918)
ohn Peter Bell was born in Dublin in 1899 to Peter Charles Bell & Kate Bell. He enlisted in Woolwich and first joined the Middlesex Regiment, service number 68094, before being drafted into the 7th. btn of The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment. At the age of 19 he lost his life in battle and is remembered on the Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery memorial in France.
Of the 7th. Battalion it was said by General Sir H. Smith-Dorrien: "I am perfectly certain there is no other Battalion that has made such a name for itself as The Royal West Kents. Everyone is talking about you. They say: Give them a job, they will do it; they never leave the trenches!"