In Memory Of

BELL-BATHURST, BASIL WOODD BAMBRIDGE

Service Details
Age:
 51
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 Royal Horse Artillery
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received through explosion of aeroplane bomb
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. E. 19.
Cemetery:
 GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Reverend Canon Charles Dent Bell, Canon of Carlisle and rector of Cheltenham. Husband of Elizabeth Bell-Bathhurst, of 99 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W. Served six years with the Sherwood Foresters, and after taking part in the 1888 Indian Frontier Expedition, he was in South Africa for three years with the Mashonaland and Matabele Field Forces. In the South African War he was severely wounded at the battle of Colenso. On the outbreak of the present war he came back to England, and after rejoining the Sherwood Foresters, transferred to R.H.A. He saw service in East Africa, and was Commandant at Dar-es-Salaam. In March this year he joined the forces on the Western Front. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918