Notes
He died of enteric February 11th, 1900, at De Aar. He was the eldest son of Rev W Bell, vicar of Cranbrook, late Headmaster of Dover College. Lieutenant Bell was born in April 1874, and educated at Dover College, where he was captain of the Football XV. At the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he played for the Academy, and also for the RE at Chatham. He was a keen sportsman and a good horseman. He entered the Royal Engineers, July 1893, being promoted Lieutenant 1896. He was stationed at Gibraltar in 1899, and went from there to South Africa in November and served in Cape Colony.