George Edward Bell, Postman, Private 23/30092, 23rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry transferred to Private 112665, 188th Company, Labour Corps.
He had a half-sister: Mabel Ellen Crowther of Doctor Hill, Mickleton, Yorkshire. Resident: 21 Hill Terrace, Middleton-in-Teesdale. Attested 21 years 5 months. Unmarried. Enlisted in Bishop Auckland 12 December 1915 and recruited in Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25 January 1916 to 23rd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Medical examination in Sunderland 25 January 1916. He served at Home 12 December 1915 to 8 May 1916, then France to 9 May 1916, embarking at Folkstone to Boulogne 10 May 1916. He returned to United Kingdom for respite 25 September 1918 to 9 October 1918. He was demobbed on 29 June 1919.
He is remembered in Barnard Castle on B135.01