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Digitized 2014 (originally created [ca. 1900]-1951) (Creation)
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- Bell, William Douglas, 1893-1916
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13 photographs (tiff and jpeg) : b&w and col.
325.4 GB of textual records (tiff)
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William Douglas Bell was born in St. Thomas, Ont., in 1893, son of James Anthony Bell and Katherine Bell and brother of geologist Walter A. Bell. He enrolled as a student-at-law at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1910. Bell was part of the 2nd Overseas Contingent in November 1914 and served as a lieutenant in the 4th Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was killed during Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 15 Sept. 1916.
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Collection consists of digital copies of records pertaining to Osgoode Hall Law School student William Douglas Bell's First World War military service and death in Courcelette, France, on 15 Sept. 1916. Included in the collection are photographs of Bell and his family, letters, telegrams, a newspaper clipping, and a framed memorial to Bell.
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Records were lent to the Archives by Joanne Fallowfield in 2014 to be scanned by the Archivist, and the originals were then returned.
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