christine liava'a Posted 9 May , 2004 Share Posted 9 May , 2004 Remembering Today: Pte Hugh BELL, 24681 7 Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, who died aged 19 on 09.05.17. La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Belgium Name: BELL, HUGH Initials: H Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Unit Text: "B" Coy. 7th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 09/05/1917 Service No: 24681 Additional information: Brother of Mary and Harriet Bell, of 90, Dromore St., Banbridge, Co. Down. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: XII. A. 29. Cemetery: LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY Cemetery: LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY Country: Belgium Locality: Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen Location Information: La Laiterie Military Cemetery is located 7 Km south of Ieper town centre on the Kemmelseweg (N331), connecting Ieper to Kemmel. From Ieper town centre the Kemmelseweg is reached via the Rijselsestraat, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and straight on towards Armentieres (N336). 900 metres after the crossroads is the right hand turning onto the Kemmelseweg made prominent by a level crossing. The cemetery is located on the right hand side of the road, 5 km after joining the Kemmelseweg. Historical Information: The cemetery, named from a dairy farm, was begun in November 1914 and used until October 1918 by units holding this sector of the front. The different plots were, to a great extent, treated as regimental burial grounds; the majority of the graves in Plots II, III and X, for instance, were those of the 26th, 25th and 24th Canadian Infantry Battalions, respectively, and all but one of the graves in Plot VIII are those of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers. On 25 April 1918, the cemetery fell into German hands, but it was retaken at the beginning of September. After the Armistice, graves were brought into the cemetery from the battlefields north and north-east of Kemmel. There are now 751 Commonwealth casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 180 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate two servicemen whose graves were destroyed in later fighting. The cemetery was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. No. of Identified Casualties: 571 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 9 May , 2004 Author Share Posted 9 May , 2004 Banbridge, County Down WW1 http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com/h...own%20and%20WW1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigantian Posted 9 May , 2004 Share Posted 9 May , 2004 Soldiers Died in the Great War on CD records that Hugh was born and lived in Banbridge, Co. Down. He enlisted in Belfast and was killed in action. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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