LC control no. | nb2010022866 |
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Personal name heading | Bell, Donald Simpson, 1890-1916 |
Found in | A breed apart, c2008: t.p. (Second-Lieutenant Donald Bell) p.25 (Donald Simpson Bell, born 3 Dec. 1890 in Harrogate, Yorkshire) Yorkshire Regiment WW1 Remembrance website, 1 Sept. 2010: VC winners (2nd Lieutenant Donald S. Bell, VC; Donald Simpson Bell; educated at Harrogate Grammar School, went to Westminster College in London in 1909 to train as a teacher; became a professional footballer with Bradford Park Avenue in 1912; joined the 9th West Yorkshires as a private soldier in Nov. 1914, commissioned with the 9th Yorkshires in June 1915; won his VC at Horse Shoe Trench on 5 July 1916 and was killed in Contalmaison on 10 July 1916) |