He was a member of the Rechabites; See Parish Notes
His brother Lance Corporal Herbert Dodson Bell died of wounds 29th September 1915. Another brother James Henry Bell served as Acting Sergeant 13122, 9th Battalion, Border Regiment, later Acting Lance Sergeant 5307, Royal Irish Regiment. He went to France on 3rd September 1915 and survived the war.
Robert Bell is remembered at Hunwick on H133.01