Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance Corporal J. D. Bell, No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers, who was taken prisoner of war at Ypres, 2 June 1916

British War and Victory Medals (503368 2. Cpl. J. D. Bell. C.E.) very fine (2) £60-£80

John Day Bell was born in Sunderland in April 1885. He emigrated to Canada, and attested for the Canadian Infantry at Victoria, British Columbia in December 1915. Bell served with No. 2 Tunnelling Company, Canadian Engineers in the French theatre of war from March 1916. He was taken prisoner of war at Ypres, 2 June 1916, and was initially interned at Dalmen. Bell was repatriated in December 1918, and returned to Canada in March 1919.

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