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13 January 1917: A/Cpl Francis Howard Bell

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The son of Thomas Burice Bell (a commercial traveller selling rice and spices) and Elizabeth. At the 1901 Census young Francis (he was 6) was at home with his parents, older siblings (ages 3 to 18) and a 26 year old governess.  In 1911, now 16, Francis was working as an apprentice greengrocer. At the time he was still living with his family at …