Thank you all for your replies, and here are the details in hopes that they might ring a bell with someone. Service records: not found (probably burnt) Commonwealth War Graves Commission information: found (see below) Death registration: index info. found (note regimental no. is shown as 3341, not 7/3341 as on the CWGC site). >From the CWGC site: Private Charles Thomas Bell 7/3341 1st/7th Bn., Durham Light Infantry who died on Tuesday 13 July 1915 . Age 19 . Additional Information: Son of Charles Thomas and Eliza Bell, of 54, Wear St., Sunderland. Cemetery: LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERYHeuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave or Reference Panel Number: I. C. 5. Vivienne Toronto

Hi Vivienne >From soldiers that died database Name: Charles Thomas Bell Birth Place: Hendon, Durham Residence: Sunderland Death Date: 13 Jul 1915 Enlistment Location: Hendon Rank: Private Regiment: Durham Light Infantry Battalion: 1/7th Battalion. Number: 3341 Type of Casualty: Killed in action I take it you have his medal card ? As you say no obvious sign of his service records like so many more they were probably lost in the fire Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Thank you all for your replies, and here are the details in hopes that > they > might ring a bell with someone. > > Service records: not found (probably burnt) > Commonwealth War Graves Commission information: found (see below) > Death registration: index info. found (note regimental no. is shown as > 3341, > not 7/3341 as on the CWGC site). > >>From the CWGC site: > > Private Charles Thomas Bell > 7/3341 > 1st/7th Bn., Durham Light Infantry > who died on Tuesday 13 July 1915 . Age 19 . > Additional Information: Son of Charles Thomas and Eliza Bell, of 54, Wear > St., Sunderland. > Cemetery: LINDENHOEK CHALET MILITARY CEMETERYHeuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, > Belgium > Grave or Reference Panel Number: I. C. 5. > > Vivienne > Toronto