West Yorkshire Regiment (1st 7th), Service no. 266269
Son of Aaron Bell and Augusta Bellwood of Glencoe, Station Road, Kippax
Died 24th October 1918, aged 23
Story
Lance Corporal Ernest Bell worked at Kippax Co-operative Society as a butcher, and his name is on a plaque built into the Co-op.
On 16th November 1917, it was reported that Lance Corporal E Bell of Kippax had been wounded. The Army records state that Ernest died whilst being held as a prisoner of war. There are 20 casualties at Marpent Communal Cemetery, Nord, France, where Ernest is buried, and all died as prisoners of war between August and October 1918. Ernest’s mother received a single payment of £51 12s from the Army after his death.
Above: Marpent Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Ernest’s mother died in 1939 in Kippax. On 24th October 1941, 23 years after Ernest’s death, his father Aaron, brother George and sister Norah printed the following notice in the Yorkshire Evening Post:
In Memoriam
Bell – Cherished memories of a dear son and brother. L/Cpl ERNEST BELL, Leeds Rifles (late of Kippax), died while a prisoner of war, October 24 1918
-Father, George and Norah.
Aaron passed away in 1955, aged 94. He is buried with Augusta, and their gravestone also mentions Ernest.
Kippax Roll of Honour 