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The Grave of Donald Bell VC, Gordon Dump Cemetery
THE GRAVE OF DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC Donald Simpson Bell was a former professional footballer who won the British Army’s highest decoration awarded for valour, the Victoria Cross, on 5 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Bell is believed to have been the first English professional player to enlist during the First World War, later earning […]
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BELL'S REDOUBT MEMORIAL, CONTALMAISON The memorial at Bell’s Redoubt, Contalmaison commemorates Second Lieutenant Donald Simpson Bell, the former Bradford Park Avenue footballer who won the British Empire’s highest military decoration awarded for valour “in the face of the enemy”, the Victoria Cross, five days before his death during the Battle of the Somme. The memorial was in large […]
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