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BORN 1845
DIED 7 March 1920 AGE 75
VC Won 7 May 1867 AGE 22
Place VC Won Little Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
War/Campaign Andaman Island Expedition
Name David Bell No. 330
VC Issue No. 329 Awards VC
Regiment 24th Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Later South Wales Borderers
Now 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales - disbanded July 2012
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Place Of Death At his home, 2 Unity Cottages, Gardiner Street, Gillingham, Kent, England
Buried/Location Ashes Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 12 March 1920
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section CH, Grave 782
Gazetted 17 December 1867
VC Presented 16 April 1868 by GOC Pegu, Major-General A Faunce at Rangoon, Burma
Memorials
P Headstone, Woodlands Cemetery, Woodlands Road, Gillingham, Kent
P Victoria Cross honours board, The Royal Welsh Museum, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys
By The Way…
The Andaman Islands are in the Indian Ocean, in the Bay of Bengal, and belong to India
VC Held By
South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment Museum of the Royal Regiment of Wales, The Barracks, Brecon, Powys, Wales
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