Gunner George Bell
Son of John George and Julia Bell, of 5, Ocean Road, Grangetown, Sunderland. He was in the Royal Field Artillery, 'D' Battery, 189th Brigade.
He was a goods porter at Ryhope and was employed by the N.E.R.
He joined the N.E.R. in May 1912 as a platform porter at Annfield Plain, then afterwards served as a sheetman at Gateshead, eventually became a freight shunter at Gateshead and Sunderland.
His portrait shows an incorrect initial. A 'C' instead of a 'G'.
Source:N.E.R. Railway Magazine 1918, page 8.
He is remembered at Ryhope on R52.01
